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AREY'S KECORD 



The Great Rebellion 



A CAREFULLY COMPILED 



CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY OF THE WAR, 



FUOM THE 



Dawn of tlie Rebellion to the Dawn of Peace. 



BY JAMES P. CAREY. 



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CAREY'S RECORD 



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THE GREAT REBELLION. 



A CABEPUIiliY COMPIIiED 



'CHEONOLOGICAL HISTORY OF THE WAR, 



FROM THE DAWN OF THE REBELLION TO TSE DAWN OF PEACE. 



BY JAMES P. CAREY. 



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CHRONOLOGY OF THE REBELLION. 



The order of the War Department, issued on the 13th of April, 1865, suspending the draft 
and recruiting, and reducing the military establishment, practically declares that the war is 
ended, and- the action of prominent men in Virginia tending to a return of that State to its 
allegiance, give promise of a speedy peace. 

Under these circumstances, the author presents to the public this chronological record of 
the principal political, military and naval events of the war. The material from which 
this record has been compiled, was collected during the past six years by a gentleman who 
enjoyed peculiar facilities for obtaining an accurate knowledge of current events. It has 
been careftdly revised, and will be found correct and reliable. Thus the reader will have 
compressed within this small space, a comprehensive record of this rebellion — one of the 
greatest wars the world bas ever known. 



1859. 
' May. 

11. A Southern Convention at Vicksburg, Miss., at 
which eight S-^ates are represented, j)asses resolutions in 
favor of opening the slave trade. 
•June. 
8. A Slaveholders' Convention assembles at Baltimore, 
Md. Delegates from each county represented. 
October. 

16. John Brown and fifteen white men and five ne- 
groes seize the arsenal at Harper's Ferry and kill four 
of the inhabitants. 

17. The militia and Federal troops arrive at Harper's 
Ferry and besietre Brown and his men in the armory 
buildin!»s. 

18. The armory captured by Colonel Lee (now Gene- 
ral). One marine and twelve of Brown's men killed. 
Brown and lour men taken prisoners, and two escape, 
but are recaptured. 

November. 

19. The people of Chailestown, Va., excited by the 
rumors of an attempt to resale John Brown and 
Governor Wise calms their fears by efuarding the place 
with a Richmond regiment. 

30. In the House of Representatives of South Carolina 
a resolution is oiiered that ".South CaroUna is rea'Jy to 
enter, together with other slave-holding States, or such 
as desire present action, into the formation of a South- 
em Confederacy." 

December. 

2. John Brown and two negroes hung. 

20. The medical students from Southern States in Phil- 
adeli)hia colleges, resolve to secede and join colleges in 
their own States. 

I860. 

February. 

2. The trial of Stevens commenced at Harper's Ferry 
Maxvb. 

IG. Stevens and HazUtt htmg at Charlestown, Va. 
April. 

5. Scene in Congress between Messrs. Potter and Roger 
A. Pryir. 

23. The Democratic Natioual Convention assembles at 
Charleston, S. C. 

30. The Cincinnati Platform rejected by the National 
Democratic Convention, and, upon the adopting of a plat- 
form, the Southern delegates secede. 
May, 

1. The National Democratic Convention adjourns until 
June 18. 



9. The Constitutional Union Convention at Baltimore 
nominate John Bell for President and Edward Everett 
for Vice. 

11. A scene in the House between Messrs. Thayer & 
Grow. 

16. The National Republican Convention assembles at 
Chicago. 

18. The Repubhcan Convention nominate Abraham 
Lincoln, of IlUnois, for President, and Hannibal HamUu, 
of Maine, for Vice. 

June. 

I. Maryland prohibits the manumission of slaves. 

12. The national Democratic Convention meets at Rich- 
mond, and adjourns until the 21st. 

18. The Baltimore Convention (Bell and Everett) reas- 
sembles. 

20. Serious fight in the Baltimore Convention. 

23 The JSational Democratic Convention meets at Bal- 
timore, and nominates Douglas and Fitzpatrick; the se- 
ceders also meet and nominate Breckinridge and Lane. 

July. 

20. Visit of the Savannah Blues to New York.— A Re- 
markable meteor makes its appearance. 

August. 

16. A Douglas State Convention at Syracuse forms a 
Union ticket. 

I October. 

18. The Governor of South CaroUna calls an extra ses- 
sion of the Legislature. 

Blovember. 

6. Abraham Lincoln elected President, and Hannibal 
Hamlin Vice-President; ijincoln and Hamlin, 180 electoral 
votes; Bell and Everett, 39; Breckinridge and Lane, 72; 
Douglas and Johnson, 12. 

22. Banks in Washington, Baltimore and Philadelphia 
suspend specie payment. 

JDecembcr. 

5. The United States Treasury suspends specie pay- 
ment. 

6. A Committee of 33 appointed by the House to take 
measures for the perpetuity of the Unio j. 

II. Resignation of Howell Cobb, Secretary of the 
Treasury. 

12. General Scott arrives in Washington to advise with 
the President. 

13. Jointrcsolution introduced into Congress proposing 
important amendments to the Constitution. 

14. Lewis Cass, .'^cc^etary of Stare, resigns. 

15. President Buchanan appoints January i a day of 
fasting and prayer. 

17. A Secession Convention assembles in Columbia, S. 



C, but adjottrns to Cliarlesfon in contequeuco of the 
Bmall-pox. 

20. The Convention at Charleston passes the ordi- 
nance carrying South Carolina out of the Union. 

24. Attempted removal of ordnance from the Arsenal 
at Pittsburg, Pa., prevented b3'the citizens. 

26. Fort Moultrie evacuated by Major Robert Ander- 
son, ^yho retires with his troops to Fort Sumter. 

2". John B. Floyd, Secretary of War, resigns. 

C J. Seizure by the citizens of the Arsenal at Charles- 
ton, S. 0. 

1S61. 

January. 

3. The Crittenden compromise resolutions offered in 
the SeQate. 

4. Fort Morgan, Mobile Harbor, seized by State troops. 

5. The Postmaster at '''harleston refuses to make re- 
turns to the United States Government. — The Star of the 
West chartered and sent to Fort Suniter to leinforce 
Major Anderson. 

8. Forts Johnson and Caswell, N. C, seized by rebels. 
— Secretary Thompson resigns from the Interior I)epart- 
meut. 

9. Mississippi secedes.- The first gun of the rebellion 
fired; the forts on Morris Islano Ih-e on the Star of the 
West, and she puts to sea. 

10. The steamer J'ose/i/t HVn'tee?/ leaves Boston with rein- 
forcements for the troops at Pensacola, Fla. — Creneral 
John A. Dix made Secretary of the Treasury.— Florida 
secedes. 

11. Alabama secedes. 

12. The Pensacola Navy-yard seized by rebels and the 
cutter Lewis Cass seized at New Oi-Icans. 

14. The Senators from Mississippi withdraw from Con- 
gress. 

15. The coast survey steamer Dana seized at St. 
Augustine, Fla. 

17. Batteries commanding the Mississippi erected at 
Vicksburg. 

19 Georgia secedes. — Fort Neale, at Little Washington, 
N. C, captured by the rebels. 

20. The fort at Sl/ip Island captured by rebels. 

21. The Alabama delegation in Congresi leave, — Fort 
Neale, at Little Washington, N. C, retaken by a party of 
sailors. 

22. Seizure in New York of muskets intended for Sa- 
vannah. 

23. The State of Connecticut makes military prepa- 
rations. 

24. Ex-President John Tyler arrives in Washington as 
a Commissioner from Virginia. — The arsenal at Augusta, 
Ga., seized by State troops. 

25. llhode Island repeals her Personal Liberty Bill. 

26. Lo\usiana secedes. 

29. The Georgia Ci avention empower the Governor to 
grant letters of marque. 

30. The North Carolina Legislature calls a State Con- 
vention to m< et February 28. — The forts on the Tortugas 
remforced. — lennessee appoints Commissioners to pio- 
ceed to Washington. 

Feljruary. 

1. The Chailestonians prepare to besiege Fort Sum- 
ter. — Texas passes the Ordinance of Secession. 

2. The gold in the New Orleans Mint seized by the 
State. 

4. The Peace Congress assembles at Washington.— 
The Southern States convene at Montgomery, Ala. — 
Shdcll and Benjamin, of Louisiana, l.avo the Senate. — 
The Vu'ginia election for delegates to a convention re- 
BTilts in nineteen-twentieths in favor of Union. 

8. Governor Brown, of Georgia, seized seven vessels 
at Savannah in retaUation for tne detention of arms in 
New York. — The Arsenal at Little Rock, Ark., seized. 

9. Jell'ersou Davis elected President and Alexander H. 
Stephens, Vice-President of the Southern Confederacy 
by the Convention at Montgomery, Ala., which also 
adopts the Con titution of the United States as its Con- 
stitution. — At the 'lennessee election, a large n ajority 
is given in favor of Union. — Governor Pickens declares 
Suihvan's Island under martial law. 

13. Abraham Lincoln and Haniiiljal Hamlin ofBicially 
declared elected Pr< sidcnt and Vice-President 

18. Jeff. Davis and Alexander H. Sttphens inaugurated 
at Montgomery, Ala.— Twiggs surrenders the military 
ports in Texas to Van Dorn. 

22. Discovery of a plot in Baltimore to aseassmate Mr. 
Lincom; the President elect passes through Baltimore 
disguised in a Scotch cap and plaid cloak. 

27. The propositions of the Peace Congress presented 



to and adopted by the Senate, and the resolutions of the 
Committee of Thirty-three by the House. 

28. Congress agrees to amend the 12th Article of the 
Constitution. 

Marcli. 

1. The amended Fugitive Slave BUI i^asses the House. 

2. General Twiggs dismissed the service for treason. — 
The Texans capture the cutter Dodg,?. at Galveston. 

4. Mr. Lincoln inaugurated. — Texas declared out of 
the Union. 

11. The Maine Personal Liberty BiU repealed. 

19. The New York vessels at Savanuah released. 

21. Alabama cedes a district ten miles square at Mont- 
gomery lor a seat of Government for the Confederacy. 

26. The South Carolina Convention reassembled at 
Charleston. 

27. The Peace Conference proposition defeated in the 
Virginii Convention. 

April. 

6. The Virginia Convention adopts a resolution favor- 
ing secession. 

b. Heavy reinforcements of troops leava for Fort Sum- 
ter. 

11. Beauregard demands the surrender of Sumter. 

12. The bombardment of ! oit Sumter commenced and 
continued throughout the night. 

13. Major Anderson fiurrenders Fort Sumter. 

14. Major Anderson leavos Fort Sumpter in the Baltic, 
after having formally surrendered the fort and saluting 
his flag with the honors of war; several mep killed by 
the explosion of a gun while saluting; no lives lost iu 
the bombardment. 

15. The President calls out 75,000 troops. 

16. V^irginia secedes. — Fort Pickens reinforced. 

17. Jell'. Davis grants letters of marque.— Harper's 
Ferry Arsenal destroyed by order of Lieutenant Jones, 
U. S.A. — The Star qf'the West captured off Indianola. 

19. Attack on the Sixth Massachusetts Regiment while 
passing through Baltimore. — The Seventh New York 
State Jlilitia leave for Washington. — A blockade of 
Southern ports ordered by the President. 

20. General Dix issues his order " Whoever dar -b to 
pull down the American flag, shoot him on the spot." 

21. The Portsmouth, Va., Navy yard and the vessels 
thereat destroyed by the rebels. . 

24. Fort Smith, Ark., siezed by the Sta'e troops. 

26. Owing to the destruction of the railroad and tele- 
graph hue communication is opened with Washington 
by water. 

27. The arsenal at FaycttevUle, N. C, seized by the 
rebels. 

29. The President orders an additional volunteer 
force, making 158,000 men in all, and an increase of the 
regular army to 85,000. 

30. The rebel Congress meets at Montgomery. Ala. — 
Tennessee secedes. 

May. 

3. The President again calls for more troops. 

6. Arkansas secedes. 

7. Arlington Heights, opposite Washington, seized by 
Virginians. 

9. Lieutenant Colonel Reeve and 313 men surrender 
to Van Dorn at =an Antonio, Texae. 

10. Captain Lj on captures Frost's Brigade, in camp 
near St. Louis. —The pirate Spraij^ captures the schooner 
Atwaier, off' Apalaehicola. 

13. General Butler occupies Baltimore. 

19. Engagement between the Sewall'a Point Battery 
and four gunboats. 

2t. North Carolina secedes. 

24. Colonel Ellsworth occupies Alexandria, Va., and is 
killed. — Kentucky passes resolutions of mediation and 
neutrality. — General Butler declares slaves to be contra- 
band of war. 

30. fcecretaxy Cameron declares slaves contraband of 
war. 

31. Engagement at Acquia Creek, Va. ; attack by the 
gunboats. 

Jane. 

2. The pirate Savannah capttu^ed off Charleston by the 
brig Perry. — Colonel Kelly has an engagement at Plii- 
hppa, Va., and routs the rebels. 

3. Stephen A. Douglas dies at Chicago. 

10. Union troops, under General Butler, defeated at 
Big Bethel, Va. — The pirate Wm. II. ^Yebh captured by 
the Niagara off Key 'SN est, Fla. 

14. Harper's Ferry evacuated by the rebels. 

17. General E. C. Schenck makes a reconnoissance with 



a railroad hain on Vienna. — General Lyon has an engage» 
ment with Price at Booncvlllo, Mo. 

21. The English ship Minion, with arms for the rebels, 
cajjturcd off Charleston. 

20. President Ltucoln made an LL. D., by Columbia 
CoUeprc. — The President ofncialy recognizes Governor 
Pierpont, of West Virginia. 

27. Captain James 11. Ward, of the Potomac flotilla, 
killed at Mattliijs Point, Va. 
29. Ihe pirate Sumter escapes from New Orleans. 

July, 

1. General Patterson crosses the Potomac at Williams- 
port, Md., and surprises the enemy at Haynesville. — A 
division of General H. A. Wise's army routed, at Bu- 
chanan, Va., by General Jlorris. 

2. General Patterson routs the rebels near Martius- 
burg, Va. — The Legislature of West Virginia organ- 
izes. 

3. General Fremont assigned to the Department of the 
West. — Galveston, Texas, blockaded. 

4. The extra session of Congress convenes. — General 
Patterson pursues the rebels through Martiusburg, Va. 
— The pirate Sumter captures the brig Cuba, bound from 
Trinidad to London. 

5. Engagement between Colonel Sigel and the rebels 
under Jackson and Eaines at Brier Forks near Carthazc, 
Mo. 

6. The pirate Je^. Davis captures the John Welsh off 
Hatteras. — I'he pirate ISiimter arrives off Cieufuegos with 
seven vessels, captured off the Cuban coast. 

7. The Captain General of Cuba releases the Sumter 
piizts. 

8. S5.000 000 loaned to the Government by New York 
merchants in five hours. — General Patterson heavily re- 
i; if creed at Martmsburg, Va. 

9. The Jeff. Dams captures five prizes off Nantucket, 
and on the Long Island coast.— The rebels evaciiate Guy- 
andotte, Va. 

10. Ihe President authorized to call out 500,000 volun- 
teers. 

11. The Army and Navy Appropriation Bills pass Con- 
gress. — Battle at Rich Mountain, Va., in which General 
McClellan defeats Pegram. 

12. The rebels evacuate Laurel HiU, Va. 

13. General McClellan occupies Beverly, Va. ; Garnett de- 
feated and killed at Carrick's Ford, Va. ; Pegram sm-rcn- 
ders. 

15. Johnston breaks camp at Bunksr Hill and retreats 
on Winchester, Va. ; Patterson follows and occupies Bun- 
ker Hill. 

16. The entire army, under General McDowell, moves 
toward Blanassas m five divisions. 

17. General Patterson occupies Charlestown, Va.— Fort 
Lafayette designated as a military prison. 

18. Johnston moves from Winchester toward Manassas 
Gap. 

19. Johnston reinforces Beauregard at Bull Run, and 
General Mf DoweU's forces are in li jo of battle. 

21. Battle of Bull Run, Va. ; the Union army defeated, 
and falls back on Wishington in confusion; Union loss, 
481 killed; 1,011 wounded, and 700 prisoners; rebel loss, i 
269 killed, and 1,483 wounded.— General Dis takes com- ' 
mand in Baltimore. | 

22. General McClellan summoned to the command of 
the aimy. I 

23. Reinforcements for Washington called for. ' 

25. Governor Morgan calls lor 23,000 more troops. — 
General Cox occupies Charlestown, on the Kanawha 
River, Va. 

27. Hampton, Va., evacuated and burned by Union I 

troops. I 

Angust. I 

] . The rebel gunboat Petrel sunk off Charleston, S. 
C, by a broadside from the St. Lawrence. 

2. General Lyon has an engagement at Dug Spring, 
Mo., rtith McCulloch; the rebels defeated. ' 

6. Congress adjourns sine die. 

7. Breckinridge makes a speech in Baltimore, and is I 
mobbed. 

9. Battle at Wilson's Creek, Mo. ; General Lyon killed. 
—The entire debt of the United States. 8111,000,000. 

16. The Pre.si Jeut issuts a proclamation confiscating 
the property of rebels. 

18. The pirate Jeff, Davis wrc eked on St. Augustine 
Bar, Fla. 

19. A battle at Charlestown, Mo. ; rebels defeated. — 
Missouri admitted into the Southern Confederacy. 

26. Captain Footo (afterward Admiral), of the North 
Carolina, ordered to the Western fleet. — Engagement at 
Cross Lane, Va. ; the rebels defeated. 



28. Cornmodoro Stringham's fleet opens fire on Fort 
Clark, Hatteras Inlet, and reduces it. 

29. ['orts Hatteras and Clark, Hatteras Inlet, N. C, 
BUi'render to Commodore Stringh;im and General But- 
ler, with Commodore Barron, rebel navy, and 694 
prisoners. 

30. Fort Morgan, at Ocracoke Inlet, N. C, abandoned 
by the rebels. 

September. 

I. The rebels routed at Boone C. H., Va., and the town 
burned. 

5. General Grant announces the invasion of Hickman, 
Ky., by rebels. 

6. Paducah, Ky., occupied by General Grant. 

10. Battle of Carnifax'a Ferry, in which Rosecrans de- 
feats Floyd. 

II. The gunboat Kearsarge launched at Portsmouth, 
N. H. 

12. The President modifies Fremont's emancipation 
proclamation. 

14. The pirate Judith destroyed in Pensacola Harbor, 

16. General Dix arrests the ofiicers and members of 
the Maryland Legislature, and sends them to Fort Mc- 
Heury. 

18. Price repulsed at Lexington, Mo., by Colonel JIul- 
ligan. 

20. Colonel Mulligan and his entire command surren- 
der to Price, at LexiDgton, Mo. 

23. Commodore Stringham relieved by Commodore 
Goldsborough. 

26. The first national last day under President Lin- 
coln's administration. 

28. Governor Morgan made Major General of Volun- 
teers. 

October. 

8. General W. T. Sherman takes command of the De- 
partment of the Cumberland, relieving General Robert 
Anderson. 

9. "Billy" AVilson's camp on Santa Rosas Island, Fla., 
attacked by the rebels, but the enemy is driven off. 

17. Mason and SUdell arrive at Havana in the A'ash- 
ville. 

21. Battle of Ball's Bluff; Colonel E. D. Baker killed.— 
ZolUcolfer repul-^ed at Wild Cat, Ky. 

22. The Potomac blockaded by rebel batteries at Mat- 
thias Point. 

•25. Commodore Paulding appointed to command the 
Brooklyn Navy-yard^ — Springfield, Mo,, captured by the 
troops under Fremont. 

29. The naval expedition leaves Hampton Roads for 
Port Royal, S. C, under Commodore Dupont. 

31. General Scott resigns as Brevet Lieutenant Gene- 
ral, and retires to private life. 

November. 

1. General Scott's resignation accepted by the Presi- 
dent, who appoints General McClellan to the chief com- 
mand of the armies.— General Dix issues an order regu- 
lating the Maryland elections. — Floyd defeated by Rose- 
crans at Gauley Bridge. 

2. Fremont reUeved of command in the Army of the 
West, by General David Hunter. 

4. i'he expedition of Commodore Dupont arrives off 
Port Royal, S. C. 

7. Battle at Belmont, Mo. ; the rebels under Sidney A. 
Johnston defeated by Grant.— Naval engagement in Port 
Royal Harbor; the rebel forts Beauregard and Walker 
captured. / 

8. General Buell assigned to the Department of Ken- 
tucky. — James M. Mason and John SUdell, rebel Minis- 
ters to England and France, seized on board the Trent, 
by Commodore V/ilkes, of the San Jacinto. — Rebels de- 
feated at Piketon, Ky., by General Nelson. 

9. General Scott and Mr. Thurlow Weed leave on a 
mission to Eurojpe. 

1(>. The rebels capture Guyandotte, Va., and massacre 
the garrison. — Floyd del cated on the Kanawha River, Va. 

12. (ieneral Halleok assigned to the Department of 
Missouri. — The pirate Beauregard captui'ed. 

15. The troops in the volunteer service now number 
480,000 men. 

22. A general bombardment of Pensacola and the 
navy-yard by Colonel Brown at Fort Pickens; the tovra 
and navy -yard destroyed. 

23. The pirate ,iumter escapes from the Iroquois at 
Martinique. 

27. The gunboat Cour d'Leon runs the blockade of the 
Potomac, and arrives at Fortress Mdnroe. — The Constitib- 
tion leaves Hampton Roads with (ieneral Phelps, first part 
of the Butler expedition to New Orleans. 



December. 

4. John C. Breckinridge expelled from the United 
States Senate.— Mr. Saulbury's peace resolutions tabled 
by the Senate. — Holman's Crittenden resolutions tabled 
by the House. 

6. Beaufort, S. 0., occupied by General Stevens of 
General T. W. Sherman's command. 

11. No more re.Timeats to be raised by Governors of 
States, except iipon special order from the War Depart- 
ment; Senator Wilson says there are men enough in the 
army. 

13. Battle at Alleghany Camp, Pocahontas County, 
Va. ; rebels defeated. 

14. General Burnside's expedition against the North 
CaroUna Coast leaves New York lor Annapolis. 

20. General Ord defeats the rebels at DrauesviUe, Va. 

23. Price passes through Springiiel^, Mo., in full re- 
treat for Arkansas. 

26. General Scott returns to New York from Europe.— 
Mr. Seward agrees to surrender IMason and Slidell; Biill 
Bun Knssell "acts as if he heard good news." 

28. The New York Banks suspend specie payments. 

1863. 
January. 

I. Mason and Slidell surrendered.— Engagements at 
Port Royal Ferry, S. C, and Pensacola, Fla. 

4. General Milroy burns HuttonsvUle. Ya. 

9. General Burnside's expedition leaves Annapolis. — 
General Lander evacuates liomney, Va. 

10, Polk and Johnston, of Missouri, expelled from the 
Senate. 

II. The Pensacola runs the blockade of the Potomac 
and arrives at Hampton Roads. 

12. General Garfieli occupied Prestonburg, Ky. 

13. General Cameron resigns from the 'SVar Depart- 
ment. 

17. Ex-President John Tyler dies at Kjchmond, Va. 
— Mr. Cameron confirmed as INIiniBter to Kussia. 

19. Battle of Mill Spring, Ky. 

20. Kebels evacuate Mill Spring, Ky. 

24. Commerce, Mo., sacked by Jelf) Thompson. 

27. The Prf sident orders a forward movement of all 
the armies, to take place on February 22. 

30. The Monitor launched at Greenpoint, L. I. 

F ebrnary. 

1. It is ordered that pirates shall be placed on the same 
footing as prisoners of war. 

4. General Grant arrives at Fort Henry, Term., and 
commences the attack. 

6. Fort Henry surrenders to General Grant and Flag 
Officer Foote, after an engagement. 

7. Gen. Lander occupies liomney, Va. — General Burn- 
eide gains a victory on Eoanoke Island, N. C. — ^The 
rebels evacuate Bowling Green, Ey., in consequence of 
General Grant's successes. — Appropriations made for 
twenty iron-elad vessels. 

10. An expedition ascends the Tennesst-.e to Florence, 
Ala. 

13. General Grant invests Fort Douelson, Tenn. 

14. Battle of Fort Donelson, 'ienn., commenced. — The 
President offers an amnesty to the rebels. 

16. Claiksville, Term., evacuated by the rebels. — Fort 
Doneljson surrenders to General Grant. 

21. Battle at Valverde, Texas. 

22. General GiUmore completes the investment of Fort 
Pulaski, Ga. 

23. General Curtiss occupies Fayetteville, Ark. 

24. General Nelson, of BueU's command, occupies 
Nashville, Tenn. 

25. Th*i Monitor put into commission. 

27. General Banks occupies Charlestown, Va. 

28. The rebels evacuate Columbus, Ky. 

Marcb. 

2. General Banks occupies Martinsburg, Va. , 

3. Columbus, Ky., occupied by CTnion troops. 

5. General Banks occupies Bunker Hill, Va. 

6. General Joe Johnston falls back from Manassas in 
consequence of McCleUan's forward movement — Battle 
of Pea liidge. Ark., commences and continues on the 
next day. 

8. The E^esident divides the Army of the Potomac in- 
to five corps. — Union victory at Pea Eidge, Ark. — The 
fight between the Monitor and Merrimac in Hampton 
Boads. 

9. Winchester, Va., evacuated by the rebels. 

11. General McClellan occupies Manassas, Va. 



14. General Burnside defeats the rebels at Newbern, 
N. C. 

15. Flag-officer Foote commences the bombardment of 
Island No. 10. 

19. General Burnside occupies Little Washington, N.C. 

22. General Banks occupies Luray, Va. 

23. Battle at Winchester, Va. 

2G. Battle at Achape Pass, New Mexico. 

31. GeLeral Geary occupies Union City, Tenn. 

4. Apalachicola, Fla., occupied. — General McClellan 
lands upon the Peninsula and commences the siege of 
Yorktown, Va. 

6 and 7. Battle at Pittsburg Landing, Tenn. ; rebeks 
defeated. 

7. Island No. 10 surrenders to Flag-officer Foote. 

10. General GiUmore commences the bombardment of 
Fort Pulaski, Ga. 

11. General Mitchell occupies Huntsville, Ala.— Fort , 
Puluski surrenders. — The siege of Fort Macon, N. C, 
commenced. — Pocahantos, Ark., occupied by General 
Curtis. 

12. Ptevenson, Ala., occupied. 

14. Bombardment of Fort Pillo'v, Tenn., commenced. 

16. Battles at Lee's Mill, Va., McCleUan's advance, and 
Wilmington Island, Ga. 

17. General Banks occxipies Mount Jackson, Va. 

18. General McDowell, occupies Falmouth, Va. 

24. Commodore Farragut passes Forts St. Philip and 
Jackson. 

25. Fort Macon, N. C , surrenders to General Parke. 

26. New Orleans surrenaers to Commodore Farragut. 
— Battle at Warwick Creek, Va. 

28. Forts Jackson and bt. PhUip surrender to Porter. 

niay. 

I. Jasper, Ala., occupied by General Mitchell. 

4. General Lee evacuates Yorktown, Va. 

5. Battle ol Williamsburg, Va. 

7. Battle at West Point, Va. 

8. Engaaement at McDowell, Va. 

10. Norfolk sui-renders to General Wool.— Pensacola, 
Fla., surrenders. 

II. The ram Merrimac blown up by TatnaU. 
16. Naval engagement at Fort Darling, Va. 

20 General h)toneiran occupies New Bridge, Va. 

21. General McCleUan's army within five miles of 
Richmond, Va. 

23. General Banks evacuates Strasbur^, Va., in con- 
sequence of the advance of Jackson. — Commodore Far- 
ragut shells Grand Gulf, Miss.- Battle at Lewisburg,Va. 

25. General McDowell occupies Fredricksbui-g. Va. 

27. General Williams occupies Baton Kougo, iia. — 
Battle at Hanover Court-house, Va. 

28. General HaUeck attacks Beauregard at Corinth, 
Miss. 

29. Corinth, Iiliss., evacuated by the rebels. 
31. Battle at Fail- Oaks, Va. 

Jnne. 

1. Jackson retreats from Strasburg, Va.— Battle of 
Seven Pines, Va. 

6. Fort Pillow evacuated by the rebels. 

6. Memx^hls surrenders alter the defeat of the rebel 
navy. — Jackson routed at Harrisonburg. 

7. General Negley opens fire on Chattanooga. 

8. Battle at Cross Keys, Va. 

9. Jackson defeated at Port Republic, Va. 

13. Stuart makes a foray on the right wing of McClel- 
lan's army. 

16. Battle on James's Island, S. C. 

18. General Morgan occupies Cumberland Gap, Ky. 
23. Commodore Farragut opens fire on Vicksburg,Miss. 

26. General McGleUau commences his chancje of base 
to James Kiver. 

27. Fremont relieved from the Mountain Department. 

28. Pope takes command of the Department of Vir- 
ginia.— Fai'ragut passes the Vickburg batteries. 

30. Battle of Nelson's Farm, Va. 

July. 

1. The President calls for 300,000 men.— Battle of Mai 
vern HOls; end of the seven days' fight. 
4. Geiieral McDowell occupies Warrenton, Va, 

10. The War Department orders a general exchange of 
prisoners. — General Curtis occupies Clarendon, Ark. 

13. Murfreesboro, Tenn., surrenders. 

15. Naval engagement on the Blissismppi. 

17. Battle at Cynthiana, Ky. 



20. Engagement at Beaver Dam, Va. 

22. Military and naval commanders ordered to confis- 
cate rebel property.— General HaUeck appointed General- 
in-Chief. 

24. Farragut retiree from before Vicksburg, Mias. 

28, Battle at Moore's MiUs, Mo. 

August* 

4. The President orders a draft of 300,000 men. 
6. Battle of Baton Eouge, La. 

6. The ram Arkansas destroyed above Vicksburg. 

8. The President prohibits citizens from leaving the 
country. 

9. Battle of Cedar Mountain, Va. 

16. General McClellan evacuates Harrison's Landing 
with his army. 

22. Kaid on Pope's rear by Jackson. 

23. Battle of Catlett's station, Va., and retreat of Pope. 

29. Second battle of Bull Run, Va. 

31. General McDowell evacuates Fredericksburg, Va. 

Septenoiber. 

2. General McClellan appointed to the defences of 
Washington. 

i. Jackson invades Maryland.— The Oreto (Florida) 
runs the blockade of MobHe. 

5. PoDe relieved from command. 

6. McDowell relieved from command. 

9. Jackson invades Maryland at Poolesville. 

10. Jackson occupies Hagerstowu, Md.— BatUe at 
Gauley, Va. 

12. General Burnside occupies Frederick, Md., in pur- 
suit of Jackson. 

14. Battles at Munxfordsville, Tenn., and South Moun- 
tain, Md. 

15. Harper's Ferry, Va., surrenders to Jackson. 

17. Mumfordsville, Tenn., surrenders to Brage.— The 
pirate Alabama captures her first pi-ize, a whaler — 
Battle ot Antietam, Md. 

19. Battle of luka. Miss. 

20. Engagement on the banks of the Potomac. 

22. The President issues his Emancipation Proclama- 
tion. 

24. The President suspends the writ of Habeas Corpus. 
29. General Nelson killed by Gfueral Jeff. C. Davis at 

LotiisvUle, Ky. 

Oetober. 

1. Sabine Pass, Texas, occupied. 

2. The navy takes possession of St. John's River, Fla. 
3 and 4. Battle of Connth, Miss. 

8. General Grant occupies Grand Jimction, Miss.— 
Battle of PerryviUe, Ky. 

9. Jacksonville, Fla., evacuated by Union troops. 

10. Jeb Stuart invades Maryland at Mercersburg and 
Pennsylvania at Chambersburg. 

11. Bragg evacuates Camp Dick Robinson, Ky. 

15. Engagement at Island No. 10. 

16. Bragg makes his escape from Kentucky pursued 
by BueU. 

22. Battle at Pocotaligo, S. C. 

23. General Schofleld occupies HuntsviUe, Ala. 
26. Indianola, Texas, surrendered. 

29. General Pleasanton occupies UpperviUe, Va., n 
pui'suit of Jackson. 

30. France proposes intervention to England and 
Bussia. 

Novemlier. 

7. General McClellan relieved of command of the Army 
of the Potomac by General Burnside. 

13. England declines the pioposition of France to 
Intervene. 

15. Successful trial of fifteen inch guns in monitor 
turrets. 

18. General Sumner, with the advance of the army of 
the Potomac, arrives at Falmouth, Va. 

21. General Burnside demands the surrender of Fred- 
ericksburg, Va. 

22. Tampico, Mexico, occupied by the French. 

December, 

3. General Geary captures Winchester, Va. 

4. General Banks's expedition leaves New York for 
New Orleans. 

7. The Alabama captures the mail steamer Ariel, and 
bonds her.- Battle ot Crawford's Prairie, Ark. 
13. Battle oi Fredericksburg, Va. 

15. Bui-nside evacuates Freaericksburg, Va. 

16. General Grover occupies Baton Rouge, La. 
18. Battle of Lexington, Teim. 



20. Holley Springs, Miss., captured by Van Dom.— 
The rebels repulsed from Davis's MiUs, Miss., with heavy 
loss. 

21. General W. T. Sherman commences a movement 
upon Vicksburg in the rear of Haiues's Bluff. 

28. Stuart mates an unsuccessful foray on Burnside's 
army at Falmouth, Va. 

29. Battle of Haines's Bluff (Vicksburg), Miss.; 
General Sherman repulsed.— Island No. 10 evacuated by 
order of General Jeff. C. Davis. 

31. The Monitor sunk in a gdle off Hatteras. 

1863. 
January. 

1. The President issues his Emancipation Proclama^ 
tion.— The rebels estimate their losses thus tar at 
20,898 killed, 59,G15 wounded, and 21,169 prisoners 
Total, 209,116.— Battles of Hunt's Cross Roads, Tenn., 
and Galveston, Texas. 

2. General Sherman's expedition against Vicksburg 
withdrawn.— Battle of Stone River, Tenn. 

3. The rebels retreat across Stoue River to Tulla- 
homa. 

4. Rosecrans pursues Bragg through Murfreesboro 
Tenn. 

5. General Banks assigned to the Department of the 
Gulf. 

9. The President divides the army of the Cumberland 
into corps under Thomas, McCook and Crittendeu.— 
Batt'e of Springfield, Mo. 

10. General Grant removes his headquarters to 
Memphis, Tenn., preparatory to entering upon the 
Vicksburg expedition.- General Sherman captures 
Arkansas Post, Arij. 

11. A naval engagement in Galveston Bay, in which 
the pirate Alabama sinlts the gunboat Ilalteras. 

12. Engagement at Patersonville, La.— General Wool 
takes command of the Department of the East. 

16. Moimd City, Ark., destroyed by our gunboats in 
retahatiou.— The pirate Oretas (Florida) rung out of 
Mobile.— St. Charles, Ark., captured by our gunboats.- 
Acapuloo, Mexico, bombarded by the I'rench. 

17. The fleet of monitors leave to rendezous at Port 
Royal, S. C, preparatory to an attack on Fort Mc- 
AUister. 

18. Duval's Bluff and Des Arc, Arkansas, captured by 
General Gorman. 

20. Ktz-John Porter cashiered by sentence of court- 
martial.- Authority given to (Jovernor Andrew to raise 
negro troops.— The steamers Morning Light and Vclocitg 
seized at Sabine Pass by the rebels. 

21. General McClernand commences siege operations 
against Vicksburg. 

23. Mr. Cameron resigns as Minister to Russia. 

25. General Buriiside relieved of the command of the 
Army of the Potomac; also Gene als Sumner and Frank- 
lin, (the cause alleged to be a delay in moving and dis- 
satisfaction of the officers.) 

26. General Hooker assigned to the command of Army 
of the Potomac. 

27. The monitor Montaulc bombards Fort McAllister, 
Ga.— The Senate passes a bill iudemnifying the Presi- 
dent for suspending the writ of habeas corpus. 

31. Naval engage'nent in Charleston Harbor; the rebel 
rams attack our fleet. 

February. 

1. Federal occupation of Franldin, Tenn. 

2. Second bombardment of Fort McAllister by the 
Montaitk. — The House passes the biU for the enlistment 
of neero soldiers. 

3. Rebels attack Fort Donelson, Tenn., and are driven 
off.— The Queen of the West runs past Vicksburg.— Gene- 
ral Foster reinforces Hunter at Port Royal, S. C. 

4. General Grant takes command of the armies in the 
field ojjetations against Vicksburg. 

5. The Queen of the West destroys the rebel vessels in 
Red River and returns. 

6. Mr. Seward declines the French offer ctf mediation. 

7. Engagement at Burnt Ordinary, Va. 

10. The Queen of the West again runs the rebel bat- 
teries at Vicksburg and cruises on the 12th in tlie Atcha- 
falaya. 

12. The House passes the National Currency BiU and 
the bill providing for the emancipation of the slaves in 
Missouri. 

13. The Indianola runs the Vicksburg batteries. 

14. The Queen of the Wast captured by the rebels in 
Red River. 

16. The Senate passes the Conscription BilL 



18. Bombardmeni of Vicisburg commenced by Gene- 
ral Grant and the fleet. 

21. The Indianola captured by the rebels below "Vicks- 
burg; she is blown up through tear of Portei's mock 
monitor. 

25. The Conscription Bill passes the House. 

27. The Montauk destroys the Nashville in Ogeechee 
Eiver, Ga. 

28. The amended Conscription becomes a law. — The 
President caUs an extra session of the Senate. 

Maxell. 

I. The Coldwater Pass expedition of Porter's reaches 
Moon Lake. 

3. Nevada admitted as a State. 

4. The pitate Retribution condemned at NassatL 

5. Battie at Thompson's Station, Term. 
7. Battle at Spring HiU, Ark. 

10. Jacksonville, Fla., occupied by negro troops. 

II. C. BI. Clay confirmed as Minister to Russia. 

12. The Coldwater expedition arrives at Fort Pember- 
ton. Miss. 

13. Battle at Newbem, N. C. ; the rebels attempt to re- 
take the town. 

14. Admiral Farragut runs past the Port Hudson bat- 
teries in the Hartford. 

15. The Pirate Chapman captured in San Francisco 
Harbor. 

19. Admiral Farragut passes the batteries at Grand 
Gulf, Miss., and anchors below Vicksburg on the 2lBt. 

21. Death of General Sumner. 

22. Burnside's corps moves into Kentucky. 

23. General Burnside assigned to the Department of 
the Ohio. — The rebel ram Vicksburg captured by Admi- 
ral Porter. — Pcnsacola, Florida, burned and evacuated 
by Federals. 

25. The ram Lancaster sunk while passing the Vicks- 
burg battery. — Battle at Brentwood, Tenn. 

27. Jacksonville, Fla., desti'oyed by Colonel Montgom- 
ery's brigade of negro troops.— Colonel Dandy effects a 
landing upon Coles's Island, S. C. 

28. The pirate Georgia leaves England. 

30. Engagement at Somerset, Ky. 

31. Adm i ral Farragut silences Uie batteries at Grand 
Gulf, Miss. 

April. 

1. Admiral Farragut destroys transports in Ked Eiver. 
4. The siege of Fort Pemberton, Miss., raised by the 
Coldwater expedition. 

0. The iron clad fleet arrives off Charleston Bar. 

7. Admiral Fairagut destroys Bayou Saraha.— Admiral 
Dupont attacks Fort Sumter; the Keokuk is sunk and the 
fleet subsequently withdraws. 

9. The Alexandra (supposed pirate) siezed at Liv- 
erpool. 

14. Patersonville, La., occupied by General Banks, af- 
ter an engagement. — The rebels raise the siege of Wash- 
ington, N. C. 

16. Five gunboats and three transports run the bat- 
teries of Vicksburg. — The Queen of the 1Fes< recaptured 
in Grand Lake, La. 

17. Colonel Grierson's Cavalry starts on a raid through 
Mississippi to sever railroad communication. j 

21. General Banks captures Washington, La. I 

22. General Reynolds captures McMinnville, Tenn. — [ 
Six gunboats and twelve transports, bearing the advance i 
of Grant's army, pass the Vicksburg batteries. j 

23. General Dodge captures TuscumOia, Ala. 

25. The pirate Georgia burns the ship Dictator. j 

27. The Army of the Potomac prepare for the Chan- 
cellorsviUe battle. 

28. Colonel Grierson destroyed valuable railroad prop- 
erty at Benton, Miss. — i'Javal engagement at Grand Gulf, 
Miss. 

29. General Dodge destroys Tower Creek, AJa. 

30. Katiooal last observed by order of President Lin- 
coln.— Porter's squadron passes the batteries at Grand 
Gulf, Miss., and General Grant lights the battle of Bran- 
linsburg, and lands his troops. — General Stoneman raids 
upon Hanover Court-house, Va. 

May. I 

1. Battle of Port Gibson, Miss.— General Kilpatrick 
within two miles of Richmond, Va. j 

2. Battle of Chaiicellorsvilie, Va., commenced. Stone- i 
wall Jackson mortally wounded. — The tracks diverging I 
from GordonsviUe destroyed by General Buford.— Gene- 
ral Stoneman destroys the raUroad at Columbia, Va. 

3. Second day of the battle of Chancellorsville, Va.— ] 
Battle of Nan semond, Va.; Longstreet reinforces Lee. — i 
Fredericksburg, Va., captured by General Sedgwick.— I 



Iron works at Eonnd Mountain destroyed by Colonel 
Streight. 

4. General Sedgwick evacuates Fredericksburg, Va. — 
Admiral Porter captures Fort De Eussy, Ark., after an 
engagement.— Colonel Streight's command surrenders to 
Forrest. 

5. Vallandigham arrested in Dayton, Ohio, for treason, 
by order of General Burnside.— The Army of the Potomac 
retreats from Chancellorsville, Va. 

6. Alexandria, La., captured by Porter's fleet. — The 
pirate Florida captures the Clarence, and converts her 
into a pirate. 

7. Van Dorn (rebel general) shot at Chattanooga. 

8. The President gives sixty-five days' warning to alten 
residents.— The bombardment of Port Hudson com- 
menced by Farragut. 

1 10. Stonewall Jackson dies. 

j 11. Crystal Spring, Miss., destroyed by Grant's ad- 

' vance. 

I 13. Geneial Keys occupies West Point, Va. — ^Return 

of several New York two years' regiments from the war. 
14. General Grant occupies Jackson, Miss., after an 

engagement. 

16. Battle of Champion Hills, Miss. 

17. Grant evacuates Jackson, Miss., and has an engage- 
ment af Black Eiver Bridge. — Puebla, Mexico, surren- 
ders to the French. 

18. General Grant occupies Haines' Bluff, and com- 
pletes the Investment of Vicksburg, Miss. 

19. Fire opened on Vicksburg trtm General Grant's 
batteries. 

20. The navy -yard at Yazoo City, Miss., destroyed by 
Porter. 

21. Engagement in the rear of Port Hudson, La.— Mex- 
ico (City) evacuated by the Mexicans. 

23. Port Hudson, La., invested by General Banks. 

24. C. L. Vallandigham banished to the South. — 
Eight rebel steamers destroyed on the Yazoo River. 

26. General Weitzel's command joins Banks la the rear 
of Port Hudson, La. 

27. An assault on Port Hudson repulsed. 

30. Eev. H. W. Beecher leaves for Europe on a mission. 
— Engagement at Catlett's Station, Va. 

Jane. 

1. James's Island, S. C, evacuated by the rebels. 
3. Lee prei^ares for the invasion of the North. 

5. General Hooker makes a reconnoissance at Deep 
Eun, Va. 

6. Battle at Milliken's Bend, Miss. ; negro troops en- 



11. Mosby makes a foray on Poolesville, Md. 

12. The Clarence captures the Tacony, converts her 
into a pirate, and is burned.— General Gill more relieves 
Hunter of the Department of the South. 

14. General Hooker moves from Falmouth to Bull Eun 
in pursuit of Leo. — Federal forces at Winchester and 
Berryville defeated and fall back. 

15. The President calls for 120.000 men to repel inva- 
sion. — The rebels occupy Hagerstown, Md,, Chambers- 
burg and Greencastle, Pa. 

16. Harper's Feiry invested by the rebels. 

17. The rebel ram Atlanta captured. 

18. New York militia leave for Harrisburg, Pa. — Cham- 
bersburg evacuated by the rebels. 

19. The rebel ram Chattahoochee blown up.— The 
Alabama captures the Conrad, and converts her 
into a pirate. — Federal foray on Lenon Station, Tenn. 

20. Governor Bowman inaugurated Governor of West 
Virginia. — Frederick, Md., occupied by Stuart. 

21. Stuart evacuates Frederick, Md., and the advance of 
the Army of the Potomac enters. 

22. The rebels invade PaoU, Ind.— Vallandigham ar- 
rives at Bermuda. 

23. The rebels capture Brashear, La. — Eebels advance 
on Shippinsburg, Pa. 

24. General Eosecrans occupies ShelbyviUe, Tenn. 

25. General Knipe evacuates Carhsle, Pa. — 'The Tacony 
captures the Archer, converts her into a x'irate, and is 
burned. 

26. The Archer in an attempted raid on Portland, Ma., 
is captured. — Gettysburg occupied by the rebels. — The 
rebels retreat on TuUahoma, Tenn. 

27. The barracks at Carlisle, Pa., burned by the rebola 
—Eosecrans occupies Manchester, Tenn. 

28. The bridge at Columbia, Pa., burned to prevent the 
advance of the enemy. — General Hooker relieved of com- 
mand by General George W. Meade. — The War Depart- 
ment orders the organization of a Veteran Eeserve 
Corps. — Union troops evacuate DonaldsonviUe. 

29. General Granger occupies ShelbyviUe, Tenn. 



July. 

I. Sattle at Gettysburg, Pa., commenced. — General 
Eosecrans occupies Tullahoma, Xenn., and Wincliester 
the next day. 

3. Negotiations for the surrender of Vicksburg, Miss., 
opened. 

4. Vicksburg surrenders to General Grant. — Lee de- 
feated at Gettysburg Pa.— Battle at Helena, Ark.— A. H. 
Stephens conies down the James Eiver on a mission, but 
returns unsuccessful. 

5. Lebanon, Ky., surrenders to Morgan. — Sherman de- 
feats Johnson at Black Eiver, Miss. 

6. General Eansom occupies Natchez, Miss. 

7. Bragg retreats across the Tennessee at Bridgeport, 
Ala. — Negotiations for Urn surrender of Port Hudson, 
La., opened. 

8. Generals Grant and Mta i Is promoted.— Port Hudson, 
La., siuTenders to General Banks,. and the Mississippi is 
thereby opened. —Morgan occupies Corydon, lud.— Lee's 
rear guard deteated at Hagcrstown, Md. 

9. General Terry lands his troops on James's Island, S.C. 

10. Morgan captures Sal^m, Ind. — Eebels defeated on 
Morris Island ; General Gillmore effects a landing and 
commences the siege of Charleston. 

II. Morgan captures Madison, Ind.— The draft com- 
menced in New York. — Battle at Jackson, Tenn. 

12. General Meade decides not to attack Lee on the 
banks of the Potomac. — General Stanley occupies Hunts- 
viUe, Ala. 

13. Lee's army crosses into Virginia. — General Herron 
captures Yazoo City. — The President thanks General 
Grant for Vicksburg. — First day of the draft riots in New 
York City. 

14. Battle with Lee's rear guard at Falling Waters, 
Va. — Morgan occupies UnionvUle, Ohio. 

15. The President appoints a day of Thanksgiving for 
recent victories. 

16. The raUitia return to New York. — Johnston evacu- 
ates Jackson, Miss. — Battles on James's Island, S. C, 
and at Honev Spring, Indian Territory. 

17. VaUandigham at Niagara Falls, Canada. — Quiet 
restored in New York. — Battles at Fort Gibson, Ark. 

18. General Dix takes command of the Department of 
the East.— Kebels defeated at Morris Island, S. C, and at 
Eienzi. Miss. 

24. Eebels defeated at Wythoville, Va. 

2G. Morgan defeated at. Saliueville, Ohio. — Death of 
John J. Crittenden. 

27. Eebels deteated at Eichmond, Ky. 

29. Eebels defeated at Paris, Ky. — Wm. L. Yancey 
dies at Montgomery, Ala. — The pirate Alabama repairs 
at Cape Town, Cape Good Hope. 

Angnst. 

1. Jeff. Davis offers an amnesty to deserters. 
3. The President orders retaliation for cruel treatment 
of prisoners of war. 
9. The rebels defeated at Sparta, Tenn. , 

11. General GiUxnore mounts the " Swamp Angel" on 
Morris Island, S. C. 

15. Eebels defeated at Pineville, Mo. — Fort Sumter 
breached by siege guns. 

17. Hebels deteated at Granada, Miss.— The Missis- 
sippi declared open for trade. — Captain George \V. Eod- 
gers kiUed in Charleston Harbor. 

18. An expedition to Granada, Miss., destroys vast 
quantities of railroad material. 

19. The draft resumed in New York. 

21. The citizens o» Lawrence, Kansas massacred by 
Quantrei — General Eosecrans arrives in front of Chat- 
tanooga. — The brig Bainbrklr/e founders at sea. — Gen- 
eral MiUmore throwns Greek lire into Charleston. 

23. General Gillmore announces that Fort Sumter is a 
shapeless massof ruins, incapable of further olfensive 
operations. — General Steele occTipies Clarendon, Ark. 

26. Gillmore assaults Fort Wagner on Morris Island 
after siege ax^proaches. — Jeff. Thompson captured at 
Pocahontas, Ark.— John B. Floyd dies.— General Steele 
captures trownsviUe, Ark. 

27. Eebels defeated at Hanover, Tenn., and Bayou Me- 
teor, Ark. 

28. The draft completed in this city. 

29. Five bounty-jumpers shot in the Army of the Po- 
tomac— A rebel ram launched at Laird's Yard, Liver- 
pool. 

31. The draft commenced in Brooklyn. — General Bum- 
side seizes Emory's Gap, Tenn.— The pirate iwrnifj- sank 
in Charleston Harbor. 

Septemlier. 

1. Fort Smith, Ark., evacuated by the rebels. — Knox- 
ville, Tenn., occupied by General Bumside's advance. 



2. Bumside's main column occupies KnoxvUle, and is 
welcomed by the inhabitants. 

3. The pirate Florida enters Brest, France. — Eebels 
defeated at Diamond Gap, Teun. 

Federals repulsed from Fort Gregg, S. C. — Bread riot 
at Mobile, Ala. 

5. Forts Gregg and Wagner, S. C, assaulted. 

6. Forts Waguer and Gregg evacuated by the rebels 
and occupied by General GUlmore. — Our forces defeated. 
atMoorfield, Va. 

7. General Eosecrans occupies Trenton, Ga. 

8. Chattanooga, Tenn., evacuated by the rebels. — 
Naval engagement in Charleston Harbor; a naval attack 
on Fort tiumter repulsed. — Union forces defeated at Sa- 
bine Pass, Texas. 

9. Chattauooga occupied by General Crittenden. — 
Cumberland Gap surrendered to General Burnside — 
Union forces deteated at Tipton, Tenn. 

10. General Steele occupies Little Eock, Ark.— Long- 
street reinforces Bragg. 

11. Battle at Dalton, Ga. — The pirate Florida detained 
at Brest, France. 

12. Culpepper, Va., occupied by General Meade's ad- 
vance. 

13. Engagements near Ctilpepper, Va., and at Bird's 
Gap, Ga. 

15. The President suspends the writ of habeas corpus. 

18. General Bumside's advance at Bristol, Tenn., when 
an engagement takes place. 

19. Eebels defeated at Fort Smith, Ark. 
19 and 20. Battle of Chlcamauga. 

22. Battle near Carter's Station, Tenn. 
24. The President raises the blockade at Alexandria, 
Va. 

27. Jonesboro, Tenn., reoccupied by rebels. 

28. General Hooker leaves Virginia to reinforce Eose- 
crans. 

29. Greenbacks declared a legal tender by the Court of 
Appeals of this State.— Visit of English, Eussian and 
French fleets to New Y'ork. 

30. Aggregate value of naval captures to date, $30,000,- 
000. 

Octo1>eT. 

1. The Eleventh and Twelfth Corps, General Hooker, 
arrive at Bridgton, Ala. — Eebels defeated at Anderson's 
Cross Eoads, Tem.. and at Franklin, La. 

2. General Franklin occupies Franidin, La. 

3. The President appoints a day of National Thanks- 
giving. — Guerillas renulsed from McMinnviUe, Tenn. 

5. The rebels attempt to blow up the New Ironsides. 

6. QuantreU massacres General Blunt's body guard at 
Baxter Springs, Mo., after defeating his troops. 

8. QuantreU iDums Carthage, Mo. — Eebels defeated at 
Lanniugton, Miss. 

10. Lee commences a flank movement on Meade, but 
the rebels are defeated at Eobertson's Ford, Va. — Fight 
at Blue Springs, 'Tenn. 

11. General Meade falls back to meet Lee.— The rebel 
forces driven out of East Tennessee. 

12. General Meade rests his army on Manassas Plains, 
having foiled Lee's plans. 

14. Battle of Bristow Station, Va. 

15. Lee ceases his pursuit of Meade, and commences a 
retrograde movement. 

16. The rebels defeated at Blackburn's Ford, Va.— 
General BlcPherson raid' upon Canton, Miss. 

17. Engasement at Charlestown, Va. — Imboden over- 
powers the garrison. — The President calls for 300,000 
more men. 

18. General Meade starts in pursuit of Lee. 

19. Eosecrans superseded by General Thomas, and the 
new Military Department of the Mississippi created and 
pUccd under Generai Grant, who is given plenary pow- 
ers. ♦ * 

21. General Meade ceases the pursuit of Lee. — General 
Franklin occupies Opelousas, La. — Battle at Cherokee 
Station, Ala. 

22. Battle at Columbia, Ky. 

23. General Grant arrives at Chattanoof a. 

24. Battle at Danville, Ky.— Jeff'. Davis visits Mobile. 

25. BatUa at Pine Bluff, Ark. 

26. General GUlmore renews the bombardment of Sum- 
ter. 

27. General W. F. Smith executes a flank movement at 
Lookout Mountain, Ga. 

28. General Hooker's " battle in the clouds" at Look- 
out Mountain. — Engagement at Wauhatchie, Ala. — Gene- 
ral Blair occupies Tuscumbia, Ala.— 181 Federal prison- 
ers arrive at Fortress Monroe from Libby Prison, in a 
starving condition. 

29. The exchange of prisoners etopped.— General But- 



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ler takes command of the Department of Virginia at 
Fortress Monroe. 
31. A furious bombardment of Fort Sumter. 

IVovemljer. 

I. General Dana occupies Brazos de Santiago, Texas. 

3. Fort Brown, Texas, evacuated by the rebels. 

4. The gunboat Kcarsarge arrives la Cork, Ireland. 

5. Battle at Carrion Crow Bajou, La. 

7. Engagement at Kelly's Ford, Va, 

8. Lee's army moves across the Kapidan. 
10. Engagement at Droop Mountain, Va. 

II. Lord Lyons notifies Mr. Seward of the plot in 
Canada to release rebel prisoners at Sandnskv. 

13. The re.signation of General Bumside accepted. 

14. Longstreet crosses the river for an advance in East 
Tennessee. 

15. Battle at Raccoon Ford, Va.— The iron-clad Ca- 
manche sunk in San Francisco Harbor. 

16. Burnside falls back on Lenoir Station from Long- 
street's advance. 

17. Burnside falls back on KnoxvUle when he is at- 
tacked by Longstreet. — General Banks captures Aransas 
Pass, Texas. 

18. Three hundred starved Union prisoners arrive at 
Fortess Monroe. 

19. Thanksgiving Day in Dixie. 

20. Longstreet again attacks Bumside at Knoxville, 
Tenn. 

23 and 25. Battle of Chattanooga. 

26. Meade advances against Lee. 

27. Battle of I;accoon Ford, Va. 

28. Lee falls back to Mine Bun, Va. — John Morgan 
escapes from the Columbus (Ohio) Penitentiary. 

29. Engagement at Fort Saunders, nt-ar Knoxville. 

30. General Gillmore commenced to shell Charleston, 
S. C, fiom Morris Island, over five mUes. — The rebels 
evacuate and blow up Fort Esperanza, Texas. 

Deccmlber. 

1. Generals Hooker and Palmer evacuate Ringgold, Ga 
— ^The Army of the Potomac crosses to the North side 
of tbePiapidan. 

2. Bragg relieved by Hardee. 

3. Rebels repulsed from Raccoon Ford, Va. — General 
Sherman arrives at Knoxviile, Tenn., to reinforce Biu-n- 
fiide. — The enemy burns Lafayette, Tenn. 

4. Longstreet raises the siege of Knoxviile, Tenn. 

6. Longstreet's rear guard attacked at Clinch Moim- 
tain, Tenn. — The steamer Chesapcalce captured by pirati- 
cal passengers. — The monitor Wcehawken sunk in a 
gale. 

7. General Foster announces Longstreet ia full retreat 
from Tennessee, whereupon tue President orders a 
Thanksgiving. — General Grant's captures during the 
war announced as 472 cannon and 90,000 prisoners. — 
Congress organizes; Mr. CoH'ax chosen Speaker of the 
House. 

8. Congress passes joint resolutions of thanks to Gen- 
eral Grant. 

9. The President thanks General Grant for the victory 
in East Tennessee. — General Averill leaves Harper's 
Ferry on a foray.— Jeff. Davis denounced by Henry S, 
Foote, in the rebtl Congrf ss.— Rebels driven Iron' 
Beans's Station, Tenn. — The President issues a Procla- 
mation of Amnesty. 

10. Engagement at Morristown, Tenn. ; Longstreet's 
army at Rogers ville. 

11. The pirate ChrsapeaJce leaves Shelburne, N. S. 

12. Rebels refuse to receive any suppUes for Union 
prisoners. 

18. Rebels repulsed at Catlett's Station, Va. 

14. Engagement at Bear .Station, Tenn. — General Wis- 
tar makes a fi.ray on Charles City C. H., Va. 

16. The Virginia and Tennessee Road cut at"BalPm, by 
General AveriU. 

17. The pirate Chesapeake captured at Sambro, N. P., 
by the Ella d- Anna. — Rebel foray on Sangster's Station, 
Va. 

19. The pirates of the Chesapeake rescued by a mob in 
Halifax. 

21. General Avenll returns from his foray. 

23. Passports required of persons leaving Kew York. 

26. The Dictator launched. 

27. General Joe Johnston takes command of Bragg's 
army. 

18G4. 

J a n n a. r y. 

1. Proposals issued for a loan of $35,000,000 to the 
United States. 



3. Discovery of $6,000,000 in Confederate bonds print- 
ed in New York for the Confederate Government.— Max- 
imilian's acceptance of the Mexican throne announced. 
—Surrender of 300 Union troops to the rebels at Jones- 
ville, Va. 

9. The steamer Chesapeake (seized by rebels, and run 
into Halifax, N. C), ordered by the Admiralty Court 
to be returned to her owners in New York. 

11. Proclamation of Major General Banks for holding 
an election in Louisiana for State officers. 

12. Gunboats and transports of Sherman's and Por- 
ter's expedition up the Yazoo River attacked by 3,000 
rebels. 

20. General Seymour, at Olustee, Florida, defeated bv 
the rebels. — Fight between General Sturgis and the 
rebels under Hood and Johnston at Danville, Tenn. 

22. Fight between United States troops and the rebels 
in Arkansas. 

23. Restrictions on trade in Missouri and Kentucky 
removed by order of the Secretary of the Treasury. 

29. Capture of Scottsville, Ky., by the rebels. 

31. A wagon train captured by the rebels near Wil- 
liamsport, Md. — Union troops at Bachelor's Creek, N. 
C, defeated by rebels. 

February. 

1. President Lincoln issued a proclamation for 500,000 
men for three years. 

2. Raid by the rebels on the Baltimore and Ohio Rail- 
road; estimated damage to proijerty $1,000,000. — Rebel 
attack on Newbern, N. C, repulsed; the gunboat Under- 
■writer captured and destroyed by the rebels. — Roddy's 
rebel cavalry driven out of Tennessee. 

3. Fight on the Upper Potomac between the rebels 
under Colonel Rosser and the Union troops under Gen- 
eral AveriU; defeat of the former. 

4. Union forces capture Jackson City and Yazoo City, 
Miss. 

6. President Lincoln issues a proclamation removing 
restrictions on trade in the States of Kentucky and Mis- 
souri. 

7. An expedition, under General Gillmore, ascends St. 
John's River, Fla., enters Jacksonville, and captures 
100 prisoners. 8 pieces of artillery, and other property. 

8. Fight with the rebels at Gem ania Ford, Va., with- 
out definite results. — .\dvance of Union troops from 
Jacksonville, Fla , into the interior, and capture of prop- 
erty valued at 81,500,000. 

9. Severe cavalry tight with rebels at Strawberry 
Plains, Temi. 

10. General decline in the prices of stocks, at Few 
York. 

16. Advance in the price of stocks. — The pirate Geor- 
gia escaped from the port of Cherbourg. 

18. Generals Smith, Sherman and others, make a sue- 
cesolul raid into Alabama; they destroy ovtr 1,000,000 
bushels of corn, and capture 1,500 mules and horses, 
and over 000 prisoners. 

19. Tne Enrollment Bill passed the Senate by a vote 
of 26 to 16, and the House (on the 12th), by 93 to 60. 

22. Unconditional Union State Convention of Mary- 
land, held at Baltimore, and pass resolutions in favor of 
instructing the delesrates to the National Union Con- 
vention to vote for Abraham Lmcoln first, last and aU 
time. 

23. Bombardment of Fort PoweU, Mobile Harbor, by 
Admital Farragut. 

25. TunneU Hill, Tenn., captured by Union troops 
under General Grant.— Athens, Ala., captured by the rot)- 
els imdcr General Roddy. 

26. The rebels beaten at Athens and Florence, Ala., by 
Union troops. — The rank of Lieutenant General con- 
ferred upon Ulysses S. Grant, of the United States 
Army. 

28. Successful reconnoissance by General Custer to- 
ward Gordonsvdle, Va. ; capture of rebel camp. 

Marcli. 

1. Annihilation of a colored regiment by guerillas at 
Tecumseh Landing, near Grand Lake, JMiss. 

2. Successful raid by General Kilpatrick near Rich- 
mond. 

5. The rebels attack Yazoo City, Miss., and are de- 
feated 

8. (ieneral Sherman returns to Vicksbarg from a sue- 
cessful raiding expedition into Alabama cnJ Mis.sissijjpi, 
having destroyed over Sii.OOO.OOO worth of property, r.nd 
captured 8,000 negroes and 4,000 prisoners. —State elec- 
tion in New York decided that soldiers may vote. 

9. Gold market excited; price advanced; stock mar- 
ket rampant.— Major General Grant receives his com- 



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mission as Iiieutenant General from President Lincoln. 
—Council of War between the President, the Cabiuet 
and General Grant. 

10. Expedition under General A. J. Smith left Vicks- 
burg for the Eed i;iver. — Constitutional Convention of 
West Virginia adopted a resolution to abolish slavery. 

I'i. Fort De Russy, on lied River, Louisiana, captured 
by Umon troops imder General A. J. Smith ; 11 euns and 
."^iOO prisoners taken. — Major General HaUeck retired 
from the position of Oommander-in-Chief. 

15. The rebels make a daring attempt to recapture 
Seabrook, near Hilton Head, S. C, used as a depot for 
coal for United t<tates vessels.— Call by President Lin- 
coln for 200,OUO men for the army, navy and marine. 

17. Advance in gold notwithstanding the passage of 
the Gold Bill. — Lieutenant General Grant assumes com- 
mand of all tae armies of the United States. — Fort De 
Russy blown up accidentally; i men killed and 6 
wounded. 

18. The rebels appear on a new raiding expedition to- 
ward Washington. 

20. Reeonnoissance by Union troops under General 
Mower up the Red River, La. ; 200 rebels and 4 cannon 
captured. 

21. Act of Congress to admit Nevada and Colorado as 
States, passed. 

23. The rebels under General Forrest commence an 
invasion of Kentucky. — President Lincoln issued an or- 
der for th<» reorganization of the army. 

24. Union City, Term., attacked by rebels under Gene- 
ral Forrest; Colonel Hawkins, in charge, surrenders to 
the rebels. — Capture of Alexandria, La., by Union 
troops. 

25. The rebels under General Forrest enter Paducah, 
Ky. ; the rebels were repulsed and driven from the city. 
— Severe gale; several vessels driven ashore along the 
coast. 

26. President Lincoln issues a new amnesty procla- 
mation. 

27. Gold advances from 164 to 169. — Union troops un- 
der General Mower, capture 17 cannon from the rebels 
near Alexandria, La. 

28. Gold decUnes from 169 to 166. '4.— Election in 
Louisiana for delegates to a State Convention to revise 
and amend the Constitution of the State. — General For- 
rest (rebel) with 7,000 men advances to the vicinity of Co- 
lumbus, Ky., and creates great alarm there. 

30. An expedition of Union troops under Colonel 
Clayton to Mount Elba and Long view. Ark., caj^tured 
320 prisoners, 300 horses, about 40 wagons laden with 
camp and garrison equipments, beside 300 contrabands, 
and killing and wounding about 200 rebels. — United 
States steamer Maple iea/blownup in St. John's River, 
Florida, by a rebel torpedo ; four of the crew killed. 

April. 

1. A band of rebels attack the United States Govern- 
ment plantations on the Yazoo River, and set fire to the 
buildings ; several negroes perish in the flames. 

3. Union troops defeated by the rebels at Shreveport, 
La. 

8. Defeat of Union troops under General Stoneman at 
Pleasant nui. La. ; loss 2,000 in killed, wounded and 
prisoners. 

9. Fight between rebels and Union gunboats at New 
Falls City, near Shreveport, La. ; defeat of the rebels ; 
from 500 to 600 of them killed or wounded.— Fight with 
rebels at Grand Ecore, La.; capture of 2,000 rebels and 
twenty cannon by Union troons. — Tne rebels attempt to 
blow up the United States frigate Minnesota, lying in 
Hampton Roads, with a torpedo, but fail. 

12. Capture of Fort Pillow by the rebels under Gen- 
eral Forrest; all found in the garrison, except about 
200, massacred after they had surrendeied — men, wo- 
men and children. — Steamer Golden Gate, laden with 
United States Government stores, captured by rebels 
near Memphis. — Maximilian invested with his new 
honors as Emperor of Mexico at his Castle of Meramar. 

13. The surrender of Fort HaUeck, Columbus, Ky., 
demanded by the rebels under General A. Biiford. 

14. About 100 rebels, 200 horses, 400 saddles and 300 
email arms captured by Union troops, at Half Mountain, 
Kentucky. 

15. Explosion of a boiler on board the United States 
gunhoai Chenango, ia New York Harbor; many seamen 
killed or sustain appaling injuries. 

16. The issue of gold certilicates by the Sub-treasury, 
New York, suspended. 

17. The rebels attempt to capture Plymouth, N. C, but 
are repulsed with great slaughter.— A portion of Hock- 
man, Ky., burned by the rebels. 

18. A rebel raca at Plymouth, N. C, attacks and sinlis 



the gnrxhosits Bombshell und Snuthfield. — Great panic in 
Wall street. New York; many heavy failures among the 
leading bull ojierators ; a great panic also in the stock 
market; one of the severest ever witnessed; decline in 
prices. — Act of Congress to admit Nebraska as a State. 

20. Surrender of General Wessels and 2.500 Union 
troops at Plymouth, N. C, after four hours' fighting. 

22. Fight between Union troops tuider General Banks, 
and the rebels at Cane River, near Alexandi-ia, La.; 1,000 
rebels and nine cannon captured. 

25. One hundred thousand troops for one hundred 
days tendered by the Governors of Indiana, Ohio, Blich- 
igan and Illinois, and accepted by President Lincoln. — 
Advance in gold to 183. — A train of 250 wagons, with a 
cavalry escort and four cannon, captured by rebels near 
Pme Blufl; Ark. 

27. Decline in stocks; gold falls from 181 to 178. 

29. Madison Court-house, Va., burned by Union 
troops, on account of rebels firing upon them from wax' 
dows in the place. 

May. 

I. Gunboat £'as/por< and two transports blown up by 
Union forces, near Alexandria, La., to prevent her fall- 
ing into possession of rebels. 

3. Admw.'al Wilkes suspended from duty for three 
yearsancr publicly reprimanded.— General Grant com- 
mences movements against Richmond. — Fight between 
Union cavalry, under General Sturgis. and a brigade of 
rebels, under General Forrest; defeat and retreat of the 
latter 

4. Union troops, under General Butler, advance up 
the Peninsula toward Richmond, and occux>y Yorktown, 
West Point, &c. — The Army of the Potomac, under Gen- 
eral Grant, cross the Rapidan without opposition. 

5. General Butler tran.^fers his army trom Yoritown 
and West Point to City Point and Bermuda Hundred. — 
Two United States gunboats and three transports de- 
stroyed by the rebels near Alexandria, La. 

6. Battle at Mine Run between the rebels, under Gen- 
eral Lee, and the Army of the Potomac, under General 
Grant; (he rebels defeated and driven back; Brigadier 
General James S. W adsworth and Brigadier Alex. Hays 
among the killed. 

7. General Thomas occupied Tunnel Hill, Ga. 

8. Dalton, Ga., occupied by Union troops under Gen- 
eral Thomas. — Severe battle between the Union army 
under General Grant and the rebels under General Lee 
near Spottsylvauia Court-house: Major General John 
Sedgwick killed. 

9. The gunboats of General Banks and Admiral Por- 
ter's expedition up ved River succeed in getting down 
over the Falls near Alexandria, through the engineering 
skill of Lieutenant Colonel Bailev .— Fight between 
Union troops under General Butler and t'ne rebels under 
Geneial Hill near Petersburg, Va. ; the latter handsomely 
whipped. — Another terrible battle near Spottsylvania 
Court-house between the Union and rebel armies. 

10. General Sheridan completes a succes.^ful raid in 
the rear of Lee's rebel army in Virginia, recapturing 500 
Union soldiers, and destroying eight miles of railroad, 
two locomotives and three trains. — Fight between Gen- 
eral Bu'ler's troops and those of General Beauregard, 
without detinite results. 

II. The rebel army in Georgia driven by General 
Sherman to Buzzard's Roost Mountain. 

12. Major General Hancock captures 7,000 rebels and 
thirty guns in a battle near Spottsylvania, Va.— Union 
troops evacuate Little V, aehingtou, N. C, when rebels 
enter and burn all the hou.ses in the place except about 
twenty; women robbed and turned adrilt without food 
or shelter. — The outer line of works of Fort Darling 
carried by Union troops under Generals Gillmore and 
Smith. — General Sheridan captnres the outer line of 
fortifications in fi out of Richmond. — Dalton, Ga., evac- 
uated by the rebels ui der General Joe Johnston and oc- 
cupied by Union troops under General Sherman. 

14. Bombardment of Charleston and Fort Sumter, S. 
C, renewed wi'h vigor. 

15. Resaca, Ga., captured by General Sherman's ar- 
my, wita 1,200 prisoners, ten guns and six trains going 
South for supplies ; Union loss in killed and wounded 
2,700. — General Sigel defeated at Rood's Hill, in the 
Shenandoah Valley. 

16. President Ijincoln calls upon Governor Parker, of 
New Jersey, for all the miUtia he can raise for one hun- 
dred days' service. — Defeat of the rebels under Johnston, 
at Resaca, by General Sherman. 

18. A bogus proclamation of President Lincoln pub- 
lished in the World and Journal of Commerce; the pub- 
lication ot the )\'orld and Journal of Commerce stopped 
by the Government. — Battle between Union troops under 



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General A. J. Smith and a rebel division ia Louisiana; 
300 rebels captured. 

20. Delcat of Union troops under General Sigel by 
rebels under General Breckinridge in the Shenandoah 
VaUey. 

21. The rebels malre a furious assault on General But- 
ler's lines, near Pert Darling, and are repulsed. 

23. The Union army, under General Grant, makes a 
grand flanlr movement against the rebels under General 
Lee, resultiug in a sharp fight and repulse of the rebels. 
— Joseph Howard, Jr., and I'rancis A. Mallison, ariested 
and sent to Fort Lafayette, charged with forging the 
bogus proclamation of President Lincoln — General 
Lee's rebel army falls back to the South Anna Eiver; over 
600 rebel soldiers captured by Union troops. 

24. Advance in gold to 185. 

25. The rebels, under General Fitz Hugh Lee, attack 
the Union forces at Wilson's Wharf, on the James River, 
and are rei^ulsed. 

26. General Grant makes another flank movement on 
Lee's rebel army, crosgicg the Pamunkey River at 
Hanovertown Ferry, and reaching a jooint within four- 
teen miles ot Richmond.— Surgeon General Hammond, 
U. S. A., convicted by coiu-t martial. — Act of Congress 
creating the Territory ot Montana. 

28. Ranid advance m the price of gold to Itt. 

29. Fight between the rebels and General McPherson's 
Coriis ot Sherman's army at Dallas, Ga. ; the rebels 
driven back with a loss of 5,500 in killed, wounded, and 
prisoners . 

31. Gold advances to 194. 

1. National Convention of Radical Republicans at 
Cleveland, nominated John C. Fremont for President, 
and 'John Cochrane for Vice-President. — A rebel iron- 
clad descends James River from Richmond, and attaclis 
some Union monitors, but is repulsed alter two hours' 
fighting. — i ight between Union and rebel troops near 
Mechanicsville, Va. ; about 4,000 rebels captured. 

2. John C. Fremont resigns his position as Blaj or Gen- 
eral in the United States army. — A portion of General 
Sherman's army advances to occupy AUatoona Pass, Ga. 
— United States steamer Water Witch, 5 guns, captured by 
rebels in Ossabaw Sound, Ga. — Successful advance of 
General Grant's army to Cold Harbor, Va. — General Fitz 
Hugh Lee and 500 rebel cavahy capture-! by General 
Butler's troops near White House, Va. 

3. Gi n. Grant attempts to drive the rebels across the 
Chickahominy River, and is lepulsed; Union loss, 3,000; 
Uni n loss in three days, 7,500. — National Bank Act 
passed. 

4. The rebels, under General Lee, attack Union Uncs 
near Bottom's Bridge, on the Chickahominy, but are re- 
pulsed. 

5. General John C. Fremont and Genera] John Coch- 
rane pccept their nominations for President and Vice- 
President. 

6. General Hunter defeats the rebels at Staunton, Va. ; 
captures 1,500 prisoners 3,000 stand of arms and 3 can- 
non, beside a large amount of stores, &c. ; the rebel Gen- 
eral \V. E. Jones, killed.— Tlie rebels attack the Union 
ti'oops under General Burnside, and are rex^ulsed. 

7 National Union Convention assembles at Baltimore. 
— Gold advances to 194. 

8. Gold advances to 195>2- — John Morgan's rebel 
forces enter Eastern Kentucky, and captm'e the town of 
Mount Sterling. — The Baltimore Convention nominates 
Abraham Lincoln, for President, and Andrew Johnson, 
of Tennessee, for Vice-President. 

9. John Morgan and his rebel band defeated at Mount 
Sterhng, Ky. ; he subsequently attacks Lexington, Ky., 
and burns the railroad depot there. — Advance m price 
of gold from 195 to 198. 

10. General Kautz, with his Union cavalry troops, j 
charges the rebel works in front of Petersburg, Va., and 
enters the place, but not being supported by General : 
Gillmorc, is compelled to retire. j 

11. Fight between Union Cavalry under General Sheri- 
dan and the rebels under General J. E. B. Stewart; de- 
feat of the rebel croops and death of General Stewart. 
— General Hun+er burns the Virginia Military Institute, 
Governor 1 etcher's house, and captures 6 cannon and 
COO horses, and a large amount of stores. 

12. Mnximihan makes a triumphant entry into the I 
City of Mexico. — John Morgan, r eh cl General, captures 
Cynthiana, Ky., and two Ohio regiments; General Bur- 
bridge, with Union troops, subsequently arrives, defeats 
the rebels, captures 400 prisoners and 1,000 horses. 

13. Expedition of 8,000 Union troops under General 
Stm-gis defeated by 10,000 rebels under Generals For- 
rest.Lee and Roddy; wagon and ammunition trains lost. 



i — ^Lexington, Va., captured by Union troops under Gen- • 
erals Crook and AverUl. 

I 14. Bids for the $75,000,000 loan opened at the Treas- 
ury Department; over $90,000,000 oficred. — Army of the 

i Poto nac, under General Grant, makes another flank 
movemeut; crosses the Chickahominy River, also the 

^ James River to the South side of Richmond. 

I 15. General (Baldy) Smith attacks the rebel defences 
in front of Petersburg, and captures 13 cannon and 
about 350 prisoners. — Bill passed by the House of Rep- 
resentatives in favor of prohibiting slavery by a Consti- 
tutional amendment defeated by the United States Senate. 

I 16. VaUandigham returos to Ohio from his exile with- 
out permission of President Lincoln, claiming his right 

I to do so. 

I 17. Desperate, but ineffectual attempt to capture Pe- 

; tersburg, Va., by Union troox>s; loss, 8,000 men. 

j 18. Repulse of Union trooi^s under General Hunter 

t while attempting to capture Lynchburg.— Surrender of 
Union trorpa at Bardstown, Ky., to a few rebels witliout 
pulling a trigger. — General Sherman enters Marietta, 
Ga., the rebels having evacuated the place. 

I 19. Fight off Cherbourg between the rebel cruiser 
Alabama, under Captain Semmes, and the United States 
steamer Kearsarge, under Captain Winslow; the former 
sunk after an hour's fight. — The rebels commence an 
invasion of Maryland and Pennsylvania. 

j 21. Advance in eold from 198 to 208.— Fight with the 
rebels in Georgia; an important nositiou gained by Gen- 

1 eral Sherman ; rebel loss 700 men.— Fight with, and ro- 

I pulse of the rebels at White House, Va.— Rebel cavalry 

I attack the Union lines at Pine Bluff, Ark., and are re- 

' julsed. — Inter-Continental Telegraph Bill passed hy 
Congress. 

22. Desperate fight between rebel and Union troops on 
the line of the Petersburg and Weldon Railroad ; the 
Union troops driven from their position, but afterward 
regain it; a Union brigade gobbled up. — A gold panic 
in Wall street. New \ork; rises from 208 to 226, and 
then falls to 210, with a corresponding elfect in price of 
flour, pork, &c. — Lsaac Henderson, Navy Agent, New 
York, arrested on charges of having defrauded the Gov- 
ernment. — The rebels, under General Magruder, near 
White River, whipped by Union troops. 

i 23. Bill to repeal the Fugitive Slave Liaw passed by 
Congress. — Gold advances from 210 to 215. 

I 24, The rebels capture the tin-clad gunboat Queen City, 
and blockade the river between Memphis and Lictie 
Rock.— The Coestitutional Convention of Maryland 
adopt, by a vote of 53 to 27, a bill in favor of prohibiting 
slavery ia the State, except as a punishment for crime. 

26. General Hunter completes a successful raid into 
Dixie, capturing and destroying over $5,000,000 worth of 
13ropeity. 

27. Advance in price of gold from 218 to 233. — Gen- 
eral Sherman makes an unsuccessful assault upon the 
rebel lines at Kenesaw Mountain; Union loss, 2,500. 

28. Gold advances fi-om 233 to 240. 

29. Gold advances to 244. 

30. Hon. Salmon P. Chase resigns his position as 
Secretary of the Treasurj-.— New Tariff Bill passed by 
Congress. — New Internal Revenue Act passed. — Act 
passed to raise four hundred miUions of doUars by six 
per cent, bonds. 

July. 

1. Hon. Wm. P. Fesaenden, of Mainp, appointed and 
confirmed as Secretary of the Treasury, in the place of 
Mr. Chase, resigned. — Advance in gold from 250 to 230; 
it subsequently falls to 240. 

2. Union cavalry, under General WUson, return from a 
successful raid South of Petersburg, having destroyed 
50 mUes of railroad, and other rebel property. — Act of 
Congress to repeal the Gold BiU of June 17. 

3. The rebels commence a new invasion of Maryland 
and Pennsylvania. — General Sigcl's forces attacked at 
different points, and driven from Martinsburg. — General 
Sherman flanks the enemy at Kenesaw Mountain, and 
comioels them to retreat. 

5. Harper's Ferry and Hagerstown occupied by rebels; 
the stores at Hagerstown robbed; New York and other 
States called upon to send troops to repel the invaders. 
— The habeas corpus suspended and martial law declared 
in Kentucky by proclamation of President Lincoln. 

6. Advance in price of gold to 259. 

7. Advance in gold to 273.— The rebels push their in- 
vading columns toward Pennsylvania, and rep ilse small 
bodies ot Union troops found at different points. 

8. ArtUlery fight in front of Petersburg, Va. ; the town 
set on the by shells from Union guas.— Frederick, Md., 
evacuated by Union troops under General Wallace, and 
occupied by rebels, who levy $200,000 on the citizens. 



9. Union troops under General '.VaUacc dcleated by the 
rebels at Mouocacy Bridge. 

10. SteaniBbip flectric Spark, of New York, and four 
other vebsels, captured and destroyed by tbe rebel cruiser 
Ji'/orida.— Gunpowder Bridge, on the Baltimore and 
Philadelphia Kailroad, destroyed by rebels; trains of 
cars also stopped and passengers robbed by them. — 
President Lincoln issues a proclamation relative to a re- 
construction of the Union.— Eockville, Md., entered and 
robbed by the rebels. 

11. Governor Eradlord's house robbed and burned by 
the rebels. — The rebels approach within 6 miles of Wash- 
ington. 

12. Fredericli, Md., reoccupied by Union troops. 

13. The rebels, after an unsuccessful altempt to cap- 
ture Washingtun, retire across the Potomac. 

14. DecUne m price (k gold from 2G8 to 260.— Fight 
between Union and rebel troops at Tupelo, Miss. ; de- 
feat of the latter. 

15. Decline in gold from 2C0 to 250. 

16. General Sherman's army successfully crosses the 
Chattahoochee liiver. — Advance in gold from 250 to 256. 

18. Advance in gold from 256 to 206. — Ktbels whipped 
at Snicker's Gap by General Crook. — President Lincoln 
issues a isroclamation for 500,000 more volunteers. 

20. Severe fight between the aimies of General Sher- 
man and General Hood in front of Atlanta; severe as- 
saults of Hood successfully repulsed. ' 

21. Peace Conference at Niagara Palls ; Hoi aco Greeley 
acts as President Lincoln's agent, and oflers the rebel 
Commissioners a SiTfe conduct to Washington and back. — 
Gold declines from 262 to 258.— Part of the rebel invad- 
ing force overtaken at Winchester by Gen. AverUl, and 
whipped ; 200 prisoners and four cannon captured. 

22. Gold declines from 258 to 251.— Terrible battle in 
front of Atlanta; rebel loss estimated at 7,000; 15 stand 
of color, and 5,000 stand of arms; Union loss about 
3,200; General McPherson (Union), killed. 

24. General Pousseau (Union), completes a successful 
raid in Alabama and Georgia, capturing 800 mules and 
horses, and about 700 contrabands. — Advance in gold to 
257. 

25. Secretary Fessenden advertises for bids to the new 
$200,000,000 loan. 

26. Union troops under General AveriU defeated by 
rebels at tdartiiisburg, Va. 

27. The rebel troops on North side of James River re- 
pulsed, and deieated, and four of them captured. 

28. Uechnc in price of gold to 250. — Severe fight in 
front of Atlanta, Ga., between the rebel and Union 
armies; the rebels attack General Sherman, and are re- 
pulsed with the loss of 1,000 iu killed and wounded. 

30. A mine exploded under the rebel fortifications at 
Petersburg, Va., which are blown up with th« troops in 
them; a terrific battle ensues; the Union storming col- 
umn is repulsed with fearful slaughter; Union loss, 
6,000. 

31. A rebel force enter and burn nearly the whole of 
Chambersburg, Pa., and rob the inhabitants, leaving 
them m the most destitute condition. 

August. 

3. Rebels under General Early again occupy Mai'tias- 
burg, Va., and Hagerstown, Md. 

4. Fight between rebel and Union troops at New Creek, 
Md. 

6. United States fleet, under Admiral Farragut, passes 
Forts Morgan, Gaines and Powell into Blobile Harbor, 
and captures the ii'OQ-clad ram Tennessee (with Admiral 
Buchanan on board) and gunboat .■selma ; the Union 
gunboat Tecumseli sunk by a torpedo or guns of Foit 
Morgan. 

6. Another rebel mine exploded in front of General 
Grant's lines without domg much damage, the event be- 
ing prepared tor. 

7. Advance in the price of gold to 260. — General Sher- 
man makes an important flank movement in front of 
Atlanta.— Tne rebels make an attempt to recapture Ad- 
miral Buchanan from Pensacola. 

8. Fort Gaines, entrance of Mobile Harbor, ^"ith 26 
guns, 56 officers, and 818 eulisted men, sm'rendered to 
the United Stales forces. — Fort Powell, with 18 guns, 
blown up and abandoned by the rebels. — Vi ion troops 
under General AveriU defeat the rebels under McCaus- 
land, capture their artillery, 400 horses and equijiments, 
three battle-flags and a laige uumbei of small arms. 

10. Explosion of army ordnance boat at City Point, 
Va. ; 53 men killed and 120 wounded, and a large amount 
of Government property destroyed. 

11. Pilot boat James J'unfc and pilot boat No. 22, of 
New York, captured by the rebel pirate Tallahassee with- 
in 60 miles of New York Harbor. 



13. Defeat of the rebels on the North side of James 
River ; over 500 of the rebels, 13 cannon and 2 mortars 
captured. 

14. About 300 rebels make an attack on Selma, Ky., 
and are repulsed. — Uuion troops, under General Han- 
cock, advance on the North side of James River to ^vith- 
in 7 miles of Richmond, and capture 600 rebels, 6 cannon 
and 2 mortars. 

15. Special State election in Connecticut on the ques- 
tion of allowing absent soldiers to vote; adopted. — Gen- 
eral Wheeler (rebel) demands the surrender of Dalton, 
Ga. ; his troops driven oft'. 

16. Another advance by Union troops on the North 
side of James River; several hundred prisoners and a 
few heavy guns captured. 

17. General Merritt's cavalry attacked in the Shenan- 
doah Valley by Kershaw's rebel cavalry ; Union loss 2 
stand of colors and 276 prisoners. 

18. A Peace Convention assembles at Syracuse, at- 
tei^ded by Vallandigham, F. Wood and others. — Advance 
of Union troops under General Warren across the Pe- 
tersburg and ^Vcldon Railroad; a terrible battle ensues 
without definite results; Unim loss about 2,500. — Severe 
fight at GraysviUe, Ga., between rebels under General 
Wheeler and Union troops under General Stedman, 
without definite results. — The rebels attack Union trooptf 
under General Birney, and are repulsed, with great 
slaughter. 

19. Severe fight between the rebels and Union troops 
under General Warren; the rebels repulsed; Union loss 
2,8C0. — Martinsburg, Va., reoccupied by rebel troops. 

21. Another battle on the line of the Weklon and Pe- 
tersburg Road, between Union troops under General 
Warren and the rebels; the latter repulsed, with fearful 
slaughter; Uuion loss about 3,000. — Forrest, wi'h three 
brigades of cavalry, attacks Memphis, and endeavors to 
capture Generals Washburne and Hiu'lbut; they fail in 
their object, and are driven out by Union troops. 

22. Fight between rebel and Union troops near 
Charlestown, Va., without decisive results. — The rebels 
make another desperate effort to drive General Warren 
from the Petersburg and Weldon Railroad, but are again 
repulsed, with heavy loss.— General Kilpatrick returns 
from a successful raiding expedition; tears up 14 miles 
of railroad, captures 4 cannon and 200 prisoners. 

23. Fort Morgan, Mobile Harbor, Ala., with all its 
guns, ammunition, &c., surrenaer to the Unit;d States 
torces. 

24. A larKO fire in Atlanta, caused by shells from Gen- 
eral Sherman's batteries. 

25. The rebel pirate Georgia cantured by the United 
Statss frigate A'iagara.— Fight between advance troops 
of the rebel General Early and a reconnoiteriiig force of 
General Sheridan's, near Leetown, Va. ; a number o± 
rebels captured.— The rebels make another assault upon 
Union troops under General Warren, on line of Weldon 
and Petersburg Railroad, and recapture four miles of the 
road; loss on each side 5,000. 

29. Decline in gold from 245 to 239. — National Demo- 
cratic Convention assembles at Chicago. — A rebil caval- 
ry force attacks Lebanon, E.y., and captures the Union 
guard. 

31. Secretary Fessenden advertises for proi^osals for 
$31, 500, LOO, the balance of Sixes of 1881.— The Chicago 
Convention nominates George B. McClellan, of New Jer- 
sey, tor President, and George H. Pendleton, of Ohio, 
for Vice-President of the United States. 

September. 

1, Simeon Draper appointed Collector of New York. 

2. Atlanta, G a., captured by Union troops, under Ma- 
jor General Sherman ; 27 gims and 1,000 rebel prisoners 
taken. — Fight in the Shenandoah Vallev, near BerryvUle, 
Va.; defeat of the rebels; 20 wagons, 2 battle flags and 
many jirisoners captured. 

4. Fight with rebels at Greenville, Tenn. ; John Mor- 
gan, the notorious guerilla, killed, and his force dis- 
persed. 

5. President Lincoln icsues a proclamation of thanks 
to Admiral I'arragut and Generals Canby, Granger, Sher- 
man and Sheridan, for their signal victorit s over the 
rebels. 

P General McClellan accepts his nomination for the 
Prt.;3idency. 

9. Successful nicjht attack by Union troops on the 
rebel Lines in front of Petersburp, Va.; an important 
position gained. 

16. Daring raid by the rebels near Petersburg, Va. ; 
they capture 3,000 head of cattle. 

18. AveriU's Corps at Martinsburg, Va., attacked by 
the Confederate General Gordon; the latter repulsed. 

19. Desperate fight with rebels at Opequan Creek, She- 



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nandoab Valley; the TJnion froops, under General Sheri- 
dan, capture 3,000 prisoners, 15 battle flags and 5 guns. — 
Some rebels capture the steamers Farsons and Island 
Queen, on Lake Erie, and convert them into pirates. 

20. 1 he British Government order that no vessel be- 
longing to the Confederates or United States shall enter 
British ports for the purpose of being dismantled or 
sold. 

21. Two steamers, seized by the rebels on Lake Erie, 
recaptured, and the pirates arrested. — General J. C. Fre- 
mont and General John Cochrane withdraw from the 
Presidential contest. 

22. General Sheridan Erains a great victory at Fisher's 
Hi 1, Shenandoah VaUoy; captures 20 guns, beside cais- 
Bons, horses and 1,100 prisoner?; Union General KusseU 
killed. 

26. Gold panic in Wall street. New York. 

27. Potosi, Mo., captured by the rebels. 

29. Rebel lortifications on Chapin's Farm, near Eich- 
mond, Va., stormed and taken by Union troops; 15 guns 
and 200 prisoners captured. 

30. Invasion of Missouri by the rebels; railroad prop- 
erty at Franklin destroyed. — The rebels make three un- 
successful attempts to drive the Union troops from 
Chapin's Farm, in front of Eichmond. — Advance of 
Union troops and defeat of the rebels at Poplar Grove, 
near Petersburg, Ya. 

Octolier. 

1. Secretary Fessenden advertises for a loan of $40,- 
000,000. — Pilot Knob, Mo., attacked by the rebels, ■with- 
out important results. 

4. Severe hght between General Sherman's forces and 
the rebels at AUatoona, Tenu. — Great excitement in Mis- 
souri in consequence of the invasion of the State by the 
rebels under General Price. — Capture of Athens, Ala,, by 
the rebels. 

7. The rebel pirate Florida, with 12 officers and 58 of 
her crew captured m the Bay of Bahia, Brazil, by the 
United States steamer Wachusetts. 

8. Desperate fight with the rebels near Eichmond; 
severe loss of life on both sides.— Home, Georgia, recap- 
tured by the rebels; some officers and 3,000 negroes 
taken 1 risoners. 

9. Fight with the rebels near Strasburg, Va. ; about 
350 rebels and 11 guns captured 

12. Election in Maryland to decide upon the adoption 
or rejection of a new Constitution aboUbhing slavery; 
the new Constitution adopted. — Peath of Chief Justice 
Taney. 

14. Bids opened for $40,000,000 loan at the Treasury 
Department; $29,000,000 offered in excess of the amount 
asked for. 

17. Capture of Ship's Gap, Tenn., by General Sher- 
man. — Lexington and Warrensburg, Mo., occupied by 
the rebels. 

18. A party of twenty-five armed rebels enter St. Al- 
bans. Vt., and rob three banks of $150,000, and shoot 
five citizens; then lice to Canada, where they are arrest- 
ed by the Canadian authorities. 

19. Great battle in the Shenandoah Valley, between 
Union forces, under General Sheridan, and the rebels, 
under General Early ; defeat of the latter, and capture 
of 43 gims, beside caissons, horses and prisoners. 

22. General Blunt defeated by the rebels under Gen- 
eral Price, at Lexington, Mo. 

28. The rebel ram Albemarle blown up in Eoanoke 
Eiver by a United States torpedo boat, under the com- 
mand of Lie utrnant Cuehing. — Fight bc^tween General 
Pleasanton's Union army and General Price's rebel army 
at Newtown, Bio. ; defeat of the latter; 2,000 rebels and 
7,100 stand of arms captured. 

30. The State of Nevada admitted to the Union, offi- 
cially announced. 

31. Capture of Plymouth, N. C, by Union troops. 

November. 

3. Ficht between the Union forces under General Sher- 
man and the rebels under General Hood ; defeat of the 
latter. — Armed bands of rebels appear on the Lakes and 
occasion great excitement and alarm along the Northern 
frontier. — Rebel troops under General Price attack Fay- 
etteville. Ark., and are repulsed with a loss ot about 
1,000 in killed aud wounded. 

4. Destruction of six United States vessels by two new 
rebel cruisers, the Olddcamaxiga and Oluslee, announced. 

7. Night attack by rebels on Union troops in front of 
Petersburg, Va. ; repulse of the former. 

8. Presidential election; Abraham Lincoln carries 
every Stats except Delaware, Kentucky and New Jersey. 

9. Advance of 12};^ per cent, in the price of gold. — 



General Sherman starts on a march through Georgia to 
the coast. 

11. Eebels rush into Atlanta, supposing it to have been 
evacuated by Union troops,' and are handsomely whip- 
ped ; 9C0 of them taken prisoners. 

14. The rebels under General Breckinridge attack the 
Union troops under General GiUem at BuU Gap, and 
capture 400 Union troops. 

17. The rebels repulsed in a night altack on Union 
lines at Bermuda Hundred. 

18. Severe fight between rebel and Union troops at 
Strawberry Plains, Tenn., without decisive results.— 
Forty-five Union scouts captured by the rebel General 
Mosby. near Charkstown, Va. 

19. Norfolk, Va., Femandiua and Pensacola, Florida, 
opened for trade, the blockade bein«^ partially raised by 
proclamation of President Lincoln. — The pirate Florida 
colhdes with the Alliance m Hampton Eoads. 

20. Decline in gold to 216. 

22. Battle between rebel and Union troops at Rood's 
Hill, Va., with('Ut important results. 

24. Waynesboro', Tenn., occupied by rebel troops un- 
der General Hood. 

25. An agent from England, with a numerously signed 
peace petition to be presented to President Lincoln, ar- 
rives at New York —Several hotels of New York City set 
on fire by Southern incendiaries. 

26. General Hood makes an assault on Union hues at 
Columbus, South of Duck River, Tenn. 

27. General Butler's despatch steamer Greyhound 
destroyed by fire; General Butler, General Scheuck and 
Admiral Poiter have a narrow escape. 

28. Rebels under General Paine occupy New Creek and 
Piedmont, aud destJ-oy considerable projDerty ; they are 
finally driven from the last uami d place.— The Florida 
sinks in Hampton Roads. 

29. Roger A. Pryor, of Virginia, captured by Union 
pickets in front of Petersbm-g. 

December. 

1. Gold 228. — Hood moving his forces against Thomas 
at Nashville. — The President orders the organization of 
tbeFirst Army Corps by General Hancock. —Hon. Wm. 
L. Dayton, Minister to France, dies at Paris. 

2. General Sherman's advance reaches Millen. 

4. Sixth Southerners arrested in New York by order 
of General Dis, on suspicion of being engaged in a plot 
to fire the citj'. 

5. General Burbridge moves against Brecki^iridge at 
Bean Station, Tenn.— The second session of the Thirty- 
eighth Congress opens at Washington. — James L. Speed, 
of Tennessee, nominated for Attorney General, vice 
Bates. — General Sherman's army united aud mai-ching 
on Savannah. — A fight neai PototaJigo. S. C. 

6. General Sherman skirmishes with the rebels 25 
miles fr<^m Savannah. — General Foster and Admiral 
Dahlgren land near Pototaligo and cut the Charleston 
Road. 

7. Mr. Stevens's Gold Bill tabled by the House.— The 
Flectoral Colleges Of the several States meet and cast 
then- votes for President.— General Warren moves down 
the Weldon Eoad toward Hicksford Junction.— General 
Kosecrans relieved by General Dodge, in command of 
Department of Blissouri. — The gunboat Narcissus blown 
up in Mobile Bay by a torpedo. 

9. The rebel General Lyon crosses the Cumberland, 
above Fort Donelson, for a raid into Kentucky.— General 
Foster reaches the Bleherrin Eiver, having destroyed 
the railroad thus far. — Captain Duncan, of General 
Howard's scouts, leaves Sherman's Army to com- 
municate with the coast. 

12. The House passes the Bankrupt BiU.— Heavy skir- 
mishing between Hood and Thomas. — Admiral Dahlgren 
and General Sherman in communication. — The rebel 
General Lycn enters Hopkinsville, Ey. 

13. The Senate authorizes the construction of six rev- 
enue cutters lor the lakes, — A biU authorizing the Presi- 
dent to terminate the Reciprocity Treaty, passes the 
House. — The Canadian Courts decide that they have no 
jurisdiction in the case of the St. Albans ai.d Lake Erie 
pirates, and rekase thvm.— General Sherman investing 
Savannah. — Admiral Porter's expedition leaves Fortress 
Monroe for Wilmington. 

14. General Dix issues an older directing pursuit of 
rebel raiders over the Canada border. — The Canadian im- 
brogho discussed in Congress. — Resolution offered de- 
manding indemnity from England for the depredations 
of rebel pirates. — The House passes a bill naturalizing 
aliens who have been m the Amy or Navy.— Fort McAl- 
lister carried by storm. 

15. General Thomas defeats Hood in front of Nashvillei, 



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—Generals Stoneman and Burbridgo at Glade Springs, 
Va., raiding on the Tennessee Road. 

16. General Thomas again victorious over Hood; the 
rebel army in fuU flight. 

17. Secretary Seward orders that passports be required 
of all persons entering or leaving the country. — General 
Thomas still pushing Hood. — Peace resolutions intro- 
duced in the rebel House. — General McCook defeits Lyon 
at Ashbyville, Ky. — The exchange of prisoners completed 
at Charleston. 

18. General McCook again defeats Lyon, at HopMns- 
vlUe, Ky., tailing all his artillery. 

19. Gold 211 ;^. -Call of the President for 300,000 more 
men. — Fifteen steamers at Nassau, ■waiting to run the 
blockade. 

20. The bill creating the rank of Vice-Admiral, passes 
Congress.— Gola 224.— Eearrest of one of the St. Albans' 
raiders in Canada; reaction of sentiment.— Hood crosses 
Duck Eiver, after losing halt his army, 51 guns and 
nearly all his Generals; General Thomas in close pursuit. 
— Hardee evacuates Savannah by the Union causeway.— 
Saltville, Va., occupied by Union troops, and the works 
destroyed. 

21. Rear Admiral Farragut confirmed by the Senate as 
Vice Admiral — Admiral Porter's fleet in sight of VVU- 
mington. — Hoke's Brigade, of Longstreet's Corps, leaves 
Bichmond for the South.— General Palmer occu- 
pies Bower HiU, eight miles from Portsmouth, Va. — 
General Sherman makes a triumphal entree into Savan- 
nah. 

22. Hood at Pulaski in full retreat, with a demoralized 
mob, and a victorious army upon his heels. — General 
Custar attacks Eoser near Harrisonburg, Va., and then 
moves toward Gordonsville. 

23. All of Porter's expedition in sight from Fort 
Fisher. 

24. GordonsviUe occupied by a Union force. — The naval 
and military expedition under Porter and Butler make an 
attack on Fort Fisher, and the powder boat is exploded 
within 300 yards of the fort. 

25. General Steedman moving on Decatur on Hood's 
rear.— The attack on Fort Fisher renewed, and troops 
landed in the rear. — Capture of three of the St. Albans' 
robbers at Concord, N. H. 

26. Admiral Porter continues the bombardment of Fort 
Fisher. 

27. The expedition against Wilmington withdrawn. — 
Admiral Porter continues the attack.— Hood crosses 
the Tennessee on pontoons; General Thomas jiui'suing. 

28. Brilliant success of Generals Stoneman and Biu-- 
bridgc; Tennessee and Eeiitucky clear of rebels. 

30. Gciieral Stoneman returns to Nashville from his 
great raid in Tennessee and Virginia. —General Thomas 
announces the close of his campaign. 

31. General Thomas countermands his order for Win- 
ter quarters, and directs a concentration of his com- 
mand lor a renewal of hostilities. 

1865. 
Jannary. 

1. The head of Dutch Gap Canal blown out, but it re- 
sults in a fiasco. — Admiral Farragut commissioned as 
Vice-Admiral. 

2. The passport system goes into operation on the 
frontier. 

6. General Sherman and his army thanked by Congress ; 
he crosses New i;iver and moves on GrahamsviUe, S. C. 

8. Gei.eral Butler relieved from command and ordered 
to Lowell, Mass. 

11. Mr. F. P. Blair, Sen., goes to Eichuaond on a peace 
mission. 

12. Admiral Porter's and General Terry's joint ex- 
pedition arrives uff Fort Fisher, N. C. 

13. Tho attack on Fort Fisher commenced; troops 
landed above the fort. 

14. Parson Brownlow nominated for Governor of Ten- 
nessee. — Missouri declared a Free State. — Capture of 
Pocotaligo, S. C. 

15. Fort Fisher, N. C, captured. — Hon. Edward Ever- 
ett died. 

16. " Sunset" Cox's peace resolution tabled by the 
House. — Explosion of the maea/.ine of Fort Fisher. 

17. Loss of the monitor Patapsco in Charleston Harbor. 
— Fort Caswell and the piratus CIdckamauga and Talla- 
hassee blown up by the rebels. 

IS. General Ord assigned to the Aimy of the James. — 
Five bloclade-runners enter New Inlet, N. C, and are 
trapped. —The Ilarrkt Lane destroyed at Havana. 

19. Congress thanks Terry, Thomas, and Porter. 

20. Mr. Blair, Sen., leaves on a second mission to ' 



Kichmond.— The rebel Secretaries of War and State re 
sign.— General Thomas reports 13,189 prisoners and 72 
cannon taken from Hood between September 7, 1864, 
and date. 

23. General Butler sends a challenge to Hon. James 
Brooks.— General Schofleld's corps leaves Louisville for 
operations in the East.— Hood relieved of his command; 
Dick Taylor succeeds him. 

24. The rebel iron-clads descend the James, but are 
driven back, and the Virginia blown up. — H. S. Foote 
expelled from the rebel Congress. 

25. Congress thanks General Sheridan.— George B. 
McCleUan leaves for Europe. — General Lee made Gen- 
eral in Chief by Jeflf. Davis, who also appoints a Fast 
Day. 

26. The rebel ram Stonewall leaves Nantea, France. — 
Twenty-five blockade-runners lying idle at Nassau, N. P. 

28. The rebel House resolves to arm the negroes. — An 
attempt to destroy Savannah by fire. 

30. Stephens, Hunter and Campbell enter General 
Grant's lines as Peace Commissioners. — General Sher- 
man commences his South Carolina campaign. 

31. The Constitutional Amendment prohibiting slav- 
ery passes the House by a vote of 119 to 50.— General Lee 
made General in Chief of the rebel army.— The gunboat 
Honduras refused anchorage at Nassau, N. P. 

February. 

1. Mr. Seward goes tc Fortress Monroe to meet tho 
rebel Peace Commissioners. — Maryland House, and Hli- 
nois ratify the Constitutional Amendment. — John S. 
Eock, a colored lawyer of Massachusetts, admitted to 
practice in the United States Supreme Court. 

2. The President loaves Washington to meet the rebel 
Peace Commissioners.— The New York Senate aud Rhode 
Island Legislature ratify the Constitutional Amendment. 
—The Canadian Alien Act passes the Lower House. — 
General Sherman's advance at Braxton'sBridge. 

3. The New York Assembly, and Massachusetts, Penn- 
sylvania and Maryland Senate, ratify the Constitutional 
Amendment.- Louisiana left out of the Electoral Col- 
lege. 

4. Failure of tho Peace Negotiations; Mr. Lincoln and 
Mr. Seward return to Washington ; tlie rebels demand 
recognition, and it is refused. — Fernando Woo i makes a 
war speech.— Gold in Richmond 4,400.— General Sherman 
flanks the rebels at Solkahatchee, and they retire to 
Braijchville. — The rebel ram Monewall puts in at Ferrol, 
Spain. 

6. Engagement at Hatcher's Run, Va. ; a reconnois- 
sance of the left. 

7. Maine ratifies the ConstitutionalAmendment.— The 
amcndevl Enrollment B'll passes the Senate.— The rebel 
Senate refuse to employ negros in the army. 

8. Colonel Baker makes a raid on the bounty jumpers 
and brokers.— OflJcial declaration of the Presidential 
vote; Abraham Lincoln, 212, and George B. McClellan, 
21.— Delaware refuses to ratity the ConstitutionalAmend- 
ment; Ohio and IMinnesota and Kansas ratify it. 

10. Indiana ritifies the Constitutional Amendment. — 
The President signs the notice to Great Britain for the 
termination of the treaty respecting the naval force on 
tho Lakes. — General Gillmoro takes command of the 
Department of the South, and moves against Charles- 
ton.— The rebels repulsed from Fort Meyers, Fla. 

11. The Senate thanks General Thomas.— H. S. Foote, 
late rebel Senator, leaves in the Oily of Cork for Europe. 

13. The national debt, $2,153,733,414 2G; interest, $93,- 
131,901 36. 

16. General Sherman shells Columbia, S. C. 

17. Columbia, S. C, captured by General Sherman.— 
Fort Anderson, Cape Fear River, shelled by our forces. 
—General Schoficld advanoi::g from Sniithfleld, N. C— 
Rebel dollar estimated by the rebels as worth two ceids 
m specie.— Charleston evacuated. — Louisiana ratifies 
the Constitutional Amendment. 

IS. Charleston surreuilered to General Gillmore. 
General Lee urges the employment of negroes in the 
army. 

I'J. Fort Anderson, N. C, captured by General Terry. 

20. The rebel House passes the bill to raise 200,000 
negro soldiers, but the Senate rejects it. 

21. The draft commenced in Brooklyn.- Generals 
Crooke and Kelly captured by guerillas.— Wilmington 

EVACDATED. 

'>:2. The Kentucky Senate rejects the Constitutional 
Amendment.— Wilmington, N. C, occupied by General 
Scnoficl '. 

23. Ceneral Johnston *akes command of the forces 
operating against General Sherman; Camdea, S. C, cap- 
tured; Georgetown, S. C, siu-rendered- 



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Oi. Columbia, S. C, burned.— BeaU, tlie pirate ancl 
spy, liiiug ou Governor's Island. — Wisconsin ratifies the 
Constitutional Amendment. 

26. Tlie pirate Hhenandoah arriyes at Melbourne, Aus 
tralia. 

27. General Sheridan leaves Winchester, Va., on an ex- 
pedition. 

28. General Sherman's forces enter North Carolina. — 
Lord Lyons resigns as British Minister, and is succeeded 
by Sir Tredeiick Bruce. 

JHarcb. 

1. The President officially notified of his re-election. 

2. Staunton, Va., captured by General Sheridan; Gene- 
ral Custar has an engagement at Waynesboro, Va. 

3. Chesterfield Court-house, S. C., captured by the 
Twentieth Corps. 

4. President Lincoln and Vice-President Johnson in- 
ausurated. — The rebels defeated at Natural Bridge, Fla. 

6. General celebration of the recent victories ; a pro- 
cession and fireworks in New York. — General Sheridan 
raiding ou the James Kiver Canal, destroying the great 
feeder to Pdchmond. 

7. Hugh McCulloch confirmed as Secretary of the 
Treasury. 

8. The Canadian passport order rescinded. — General 
Sherman at Laurel Hill, N. C. 

9. Bragg repulsed at Einston, N. C, by Schofield's ad- 
vance. 

10. Jeff. Davis's Fast Day. — Cavalry engagement near 
Fayetteville, N. C, and the fight at Kinston, N. C. re- 
newed; the rebels defeated; Fayetteville captured. — 
General Sheridan occupies Columbia, Va. 

11. The President orders the dislranchisement of non- 
reportiug deserters. — General Sheridan opens commu- 
nication with Wilmington, N. C, by means of scouts. 

13. Generals Crook and Kelly exch nged. 

14. Sheridan pursuing Early and his body guard, all 
that is left of his army. — General Sherman leaves Fay- 
etteville, N. C, destroys the arsenal, and moves on 
Goldsboro. 

16. The rebel Congress declares that it is impossible to 
issue any more Treasury Notes. — The rebels undermine 
and blow up Fort Hell, but no damape is done. — Hardee 
defeated at Averysboro, N. C, and falls back on Bcnton- 
ville. 

17. John Bigelow appointed Minister to France, vice 
Dayton, deceased. 

18. The rebel Congress adjourns sine die. — A move- 
ment against Mobile commenced. 

19. General Sheridan's entire command arrives at 
White House, Va. — Johnston defeated at BentonvUle, N. 
C, — GoLDSBOKO EVACUATED, and the rebel forces fall back 
on Smithfield. — General Steele leaves Pensacola, Fla., to 
attack Mobile. 

21. Gold falls to 153, creating a i)anic in the market. — 
General Schofield occupies Goldsboro, N. C. — The pirate 
Stonewall leaves Ferrol, Spain, but is pursued by the 
Niagara, and returns, afraid to fight. 

22. Concentration of Sherman's, Schofield's and Terry's 
forces at and around Goldsboro, N. C. 

23. The President leaves Washington for General 
Grant's headquarters. — The first company of negro 
State troops raised m Eichmond. 

25. Captain Kennedy, the spy and incendiary, hung at 
Fort Lafayette. — The rebels attack and carry Fort Stead- 
man, but the fort is retaken by a vigorous charge of the 
Ninth Corps; the President witnesses the action. — 
General Granger commences a co-operating movement 
against Mobile. 

27. General Sherman arrives at General Grant's head- 
quarters. — General Stoneman captures Boone, N. C. — 
General Wilson moves on Greenville, Ala. — A general 
advance made on Spanish Fort, Mobil- Bay. — The Stone- 
wall arrives at Lisbon, Portugal, having escaped from 
Ferrol, Spain, and is ordered to leave the harbor. 

28. A Council of War held, at which the President, 
Generals Grant, Sherman, Sheridan and Ord are present; 
the Army of the Potomac moves. — The fleet moves up 
Mobile Bay against Spanish Fort. 

29. The St. Albans raiders discharged at Montreal. — 
Mr. Seward visits the President at City Point, Va.— Gen- 



eral Sheridm passes through Dinwiddle Court-house; 

the advance of Meade encounters the enemy near Grav- 
i eUy Run. — General Steele joins General Canby at Blakely, 
' Ala. — The Niagara and Sacramento fired ujion by the 
j Portuguese forts at Lisbon ; the Niagara struck on the 
I poop and both vessels then anchor. 

30. General Meade's left threatening the South Sifle 
I Eoad. 

' 31. The rebels drive our left from Dabney's Mills, but 
1 are in turn forced back.— The transport General Lyon 

burned off Hatteras, and nearly five hundred lives are 

lost. 
I April. 

I 1. Battle of Five Forks, Va. ; the rebel right doubled 
up on the centre, and a portion of the wing cut off. 

I 2. General Grant orders an attack on the whole hue, 
and, alter desperate fightiug,both wings are rested on the 

[ Appomattox; the South Side Eoad is cut, and during the 

I day and night Richmond and PETEitSBtJBG aee evacu- 
ated, and Lee's army is in full retreat for Danville; the 

\ rebel General A. P. Hill kUled. — Selma, Ala., captured 

i by General Wilson's cavalry, together with the greater 
portion of Forrest's and Kiddy's commands. 

I 3. The evacuation of Petersburg and Fdchmond dis- 
covered, and General Grant starts in pursuit of Lee; 
General Weitzel occupies Richmond. — Gold closes at 
146,^.^.— Jeff. Davis at Danville, Va., a fugitive. 

j 4. The steamer Harriet Oeford captured on the Patux- 
ent River by rebels. — The President visits Itichmond and 
holds a levoo in Jeff. Davis's house. —Spanish Fori., Mo- 

, bile Harbor, completely invested by land and v/ater. 

i 5. Mr. Seward thrown from his carnage and breaks 
his arm and jaw. — General Sheridan and an infantry col- 
umn reaches Burkcsville, Va., heading off Lee who, is at 

j Amelia Coiu't-house; an engagement at Lamer 's Cross 

j Roads In which the rebels are defeated. 

i 6. Governor Fenton appoints the 14th as a day of 
thanksgiving. — H. S. Foote returns to New York in the 

I steerage of the Etna.— Gent^ral Sheridan attacks Lee- 

' West of Burkesville and routs him, capturing Ewell and 
a number of other generals. — The news of the capture of 
Richmond announced to Sherman's army. 

7. General Grant urges Lee to surrender to save the 
further effusion of blood; Lee asks tor terms. — An in- 

I formal meeting of the Virginia Legislature held in Rich- 
mond to consider a proposition tiom I\Ir. Lincoln. 

i 8. General Grant states the terms of surrender upon 
which Lee asks an interview. — Uovernor Fenton poet- 
pones the thanksgiving to the 2Uih Inst., by request. 

9. General Lee suEKENDEns the Armv of Nor.THEBN 
Virginia to General Grant.— The PresideLt and Mrs. 
Lincoln return to Washington. — Mobile captured ; 300 
guns ;in(l 30(1.1 prisoner.';. 

j 10. General rejoicing all over the country.— All the St. 
Albans raiders, except Young, released — The Presiaent 

■ issues a proclamation closing certain Southern ports. 

11. The President makes a speech in which he dcflnea 
! the States of the rebellion and hints at plans for restora- 

■ tion. — He issues a proclamation respecting the treat- 
j ment of our nati inal vessels in foreign ports.and threat- 
ens retaliation for discourtesey. — A Te Deum chanted in 
Trinity Church.— Lynchburg, Va., surrenders to a Union 

j scouting party. 

12. A Convention of prominent men in Virginia called 
for the iuth, with the intention of bringing the State 
back into the Union. 

13. Practical end of the wah; General Grant ai^ 
rives in Washington and advises that the draft be 
stopped, that recruiting cease, and that the mihtary es- 
tabhshment be reduced. — Lee reported to have advised 
Johnston to surrender to Sherman. 

14. The Europa arrives with the news that the Ameri- 
can Minister at Lisbon has demanded satisfaction for 
the outrage on the American flag. — The I'resident As- 
sassinated IN Ford's Theatre, Washin.^ton, by J. 
Wilkes Booth, who escapes ; another assassin proceeds 
to Mr. Seward's residence and seriously stabs him in tha 
throat, also assaulting Mr. Frederick W. Seward. 

I 15. The President dies about half past seven o'clock ; 
Andrew Johnson becomes President of the United 
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The Hand and Pocket Library. 

The Warden. By Anthony Trollope 25 

Barchester Towers. " 2 vols, paper 50 

1 vol. cloth, ..75 

The Vicar of Wakefield. 1vol. paper 35 

The Reason "Why Series. 

The Reason Why of General Science 1 50 

ThePoasonWhy of Natural History ...150 

Tb- Bblical Reason W^hy 150 

Useful Books for the People. 

Inquire Within for Anything you Want to Know 1 50 

The Corner Cupboard ; or Facts for Everybody 1 50 

10,000 Wondertul Things 1 50 

That's It; or, Plain Teaching, 1.200 Engravings 150 

Adventures in Africa 1 00 

The Ladies' own Pattern Book 2 00 

Every Woman Her Own Lawyer 1 25 

The Ladies' Manual of Fancy Work ? 00 

The Family Aquarium 75 

How to Talk and Debate 12 

The Chairman's and Speaker's Guide 12 

Knowlson's Farrier 12 

Rarey's Horse Taming 12 

Boxing Made Easy 12 

The American Home Cook Book 3'i 

Courtenay's 3,000 Abreviations 12 

500 French Phrases ..12 

The Ladies' Guide to Crochet, 1 25 

Live and Learn ; or, 1,000 Mistakes in Speaking and 

Writing .75 

Mind Your Stops 12 

Hard Words made Easy 12 

How to Detect Adulteration 12 

How tc Cut and Contrive Children's Clothes 12 

Young Housekeeper's Book 12 

Books of Games, &c., for Home Amusement 

The Secret Out ; or, 1 ,000 Tricks with Cards 1 50 

The Sociable ; or, 1,001 Amusements 150 

The Magician's Own Book 1 50 

Parlor Theatricals -. 50 

Book of 1 000 Tales 150 

The J^rt of Dancing. 1 50 

The Game of Checkers 50 

Book of 500 Curious Puzzles.. 50 

Books of Fireside G^mes 50 

The Ladies Love Oracle .-30 

Euchre, Whist, Loo, &c 12 

Herrmann's Handbook of Magic 25 

Anderson's Handbook of Magic 25 

100 Tricks with Cards 25 

Books on Etiquette and Beauty. 

The Perfect Gentleman 150 

Chesterfield's Etiquette and Letter- Writer 35 

Etiquette. By H. P. Willis, paper 10 

" " " cloth, 25 

The Art of Conversation 25 

The Young Bride's Book 10 

Laws of Love 25 

How to Win; or Etiquette of Courtship ..12 

Bridal Etiquette 12 

How to Behave 12 

Blunders in Behavior Corrected ..12 

How to Dress with Taste 12 

Arts of Beauty. By Lola Montez T5 

Ladies' Guide to Beauty 25 

Fortune-Tellers and Dream-Books. 
Fontaine's Golden Wheel Fortune-Teller and Dream- 
Book 35 

Pefctingill's Perfect Fortuno-Teller and Dream-Book. -35 

Le Marchand's Fortune-Teller and Dream-Book 35 

Everlasting Fortune-Teller and Magnetic Dream-Book30 

Letter-Writers. 

Chesterfield's Etiquette and Letter- Writer 35 

Chesterfield's Letter- Writing Simplified.... 12 



Humorous Books. 
Harp of 1,000 Strings .1 50 

Dr. Valentine's Comic Lectures, cloth 1 25 

" " " paper covers. -75 

Dr. Valentine's Comic Metamorphosis, cloth 1 25 

" " " paper covers 75 

Mrs. Partington's Carpet-Bag of Fun, cloth 1 25 

" " " paper covers .75 

Book of 1,000 Comical Stories 150 

Courtship and Adventures of Jonathan Homebred. .1 50 

The Plate of Chowder 25 

Comic English Grammar ,. 30 

Laughable Adventures of Brown, Jones and llobinson— 25 

Laughing Gas 25 

Adventures of Oscar Shanghai 25 

Courtship of Chevalier Sly-Fox- Wykoff 25 

Charley White's Ethiopian Joke Book 12 

Black Wit and Darkey Conversations 12 

Clips from Uncle Sam's Jack-Knife 25 

Fox's Ethiopian Comicalities .12 

The Comical Adventures of David Dufficks 25 

Yale College Scrapes 25 

The Comic Wandering Jew 25 

Broad G ins of the Laughing Philosopher 12 

ICniipsack full of Fun ; or, 1,000 Rations of Laughter. .30 
New Dime Song Books. 

Tent and Forecastle Songster 10 

Heart and Home Songster 10 

Df able Quick Comic Songster 10 

B b Hart's Plantation Songster 10 

Billy Birch's Ethiopian Songster .10 

Little Mac Songster 10 

Touch the Elbow Songster 10 

Harrison's New Comic Song Book 10 

Geo. Christy's Essence of Old Kentucky 10 

Tony Pastor's Comic Songster 10 

Tony Pastor's Union Songster 10 

The Shamrock ; or. Songs of Old Ireland 10 

Harrison's Comic Songster ..10 

The Camp-Fire Song Book 10 

The Charley O'Malley Irish Songster 10 

Fred May's Comic Irish Songster 10 

The Lovo and Sentimental Songster 10 

The Irish Boy and Yankee Girl Songster .10 

The Frisky Irish Songster 10 

Gus Shaw's Comic Songster 10 

Wood's Minstrel Song Book -.10 

Wood's New Plantation Melodies 10 

Fireside and Singer's Favorite Songster 10 

Convivial Songster 10 

Social Hour Songster.. 10 

Christy's New Plantation Songster 10 

Mrs. Ellen "Wood's Celebrated Novels. 

Mrs. Haliburton's Troubles "if, 

East Lvnne ; or. The Earl's Daughter 75 

Castle Wafer ; or, The Plain Gold Ring 75 

The Heir to Ashley ..75 

Gervase Castonel ; or. The Six Grey Powders 25 

Barren Honour 75 

Each of the above are also issued in cloth at 75 cents. 
Masonic Books. 

Morgan's Masonry 25 

Richardson's Masonic Monitor, cloth 1 111 

" " " paper 7."> 

Books on Love and Courtship. 

Dictionary of Love 1 .'iil 

Anecdotes of Love 1 r>i> 

Courtship Made Easy 12 

Laws of Love 25 

How to Woo and How to Win 12 

How to Win a Sweetheart or Lover 25 

Books on "Wines and Liquors. 

How to Mix Drinks, 800 Recipes .i 1 

Lacour on the Manufacture of Liquors 2 ."jO 

French Wine and Liijuor Dealer. 3 (in 

Bordeaux Wine and Liquor Dealers Guide. 2 .")il 



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9ny Book, no matter by whom published, at Publisher's Lowest Cash Prices, 



i Oapt. Jas. Grant's Novels. 

'Frank Hilton 50 

PhiH-.. l^ollo 50 

The Yellow Frigate 50 

Harry Ogilvie 50 

The Adventures of an Aid-de-Camp50 

Novels by Samuel Lover. 

Handy Andy 50 

Rory O'More 50 

Treasure Trove 50 

TomCrosbie 50 

Barney O'Rierdon - 25 

Legends and Stories of Ireland 25 

TheLyrics of Ireland 1 50 

J. F. Smith's Celebrated "Works. 

Milly Moyne 50 

Philip Elandford 5rt 

Redmond 0' Neil 5u 

Prince Charles 50 

Alice Arran — 25 

Dick Markhani 50 

Lillian 75 

Harold Tracy 50 

Bella Trelawney -60 

Charles Vavasseur 50 

Henry De La Tour 50 

llick Tarleton "'> 

Marion Barnard.- — 50 

Fred Graham -.50 

Romantic Incidents in the Lives of 

tho Queens of England ] 25 

The Virgin Queen, cloth —50 

Woman and Her Master 60 

Fred Vernon .-?5 

Harry Ashton 60 

Ellen DeVere SO 

Fred Arden ...60 

Minnie Grey , .-fO 

Gus Howard -0 

Rochester 60 

Temptation -60 

Amy liawrence — 60 

Stanfiold Udll, 2 vols 100 

Miscellaneous Books by Good 
Authors. 

La ly Audley's Secret. T5 

Lady Lisle 75 

Homy Lyle. By MissMarryalt-.l 00 

Temper. ByMissMarryatt 100 

WhichI The Right or The Left 1 25 

A Poor Fellow 1 25 

Estelle Grant 1 00 

The Artist's Bride. By Emerson 

Bennett 100 

The Pilgrims of "Walsingham. By 

Agnes Strickland 1 00 

Cyrilla. By the Author of "Initials"60 
Craigallen Castle. By Mrs. Gore. .25 

Gideon Giles 50 

Gabrielle; or, Pictures of the French 

Revolution 50 

Fair Rosamond. By Pierce Es;an--.^0 
Quinten Matsys. By Pierce Egan..50 

Thelmageof His Father 25 

"Whom to Marry and How to Get 

Married — 25 

Count Julien 60 

Lady Glenlyon 50 

Works by the author of ' Zaidee.' 

Adam Graeme, of Mossgray 1 00 

Magdalene Hepburn 1 00 

Celebrated Revolutionary 
Novels. * 
Harry Bumham, the Young Conti- 
nental 75 

The "Woodman's Rifle 2'i 

Paul Jones .•.....„ .25 



Eugene Sue's Celebrated Novels, 

Matilda, 2 large vol& 100 

The Lovers of Paris 50 

The King of the Winds 25 

The Widow's Walk 25 

The French Fortune Teller 50 

The Mysteries of the People 50 

Atar Gull 25 

The Adventures of Hercules Hardy25 
Helene; or, The Children of Love. 25 
Professor Ingrraham's Novels. 

Montezuma 50 

Grace Welden 25 

Paul Deverell 25 

The Pirates of the Shoals 25 

The Dancing Feather .25 

Josephine — 25 

Maxwell'.*-, Novels. 

Hector O'Halloran, 2 vols i uO 

Adventures of Captain Blake 50 

The Bivouac 50 

The Adventures of Mick Costigan.-50 
The Matrimonial Misfortunes of 

Peter Clancy 50 

Tales of Border Adventure. 
Steel Arm ; or, the Robbers and Re- 

guly-tors of California 25 

Big Goliath ; or, the Terror of the 

Mines 25 

The Daring Deeds of Good and Bad 

Women 25 

Charley Hunter; or, the Fate of a 

Forger 25 

Br.iwnie of Bodsbcck. A Tale of 

Thrilling Interest .^.25 

The Regulators of Arkansas.., 25 

Bill Johnson -.- 25 

Rawson, the Renegade 25 

The Red Scout, ..- 25 

Red Jack; or The Scout's Rilie 25 

G. "W. M. Reynolds' Novels. 

Mary Glen worth 50 

Life in London, 2 vols 1 00 

Ellen Monroe, 2 vols 1 00 

Esther De Medina, 2 vols 1 00 

Reformed Highwayman, 2 vols-..l 00 
The Mysteries of London, 2 vols..l 00 

Pope Joan 50 

The Countess of Arnheim 50 

Angela Wildon, 2 vols 1 00 

The Mysteries of Old London 50 

Robert Macaire 60 

Newton M. Curtis's Novels. 

Byron Blonday 25 

The Ranger of Ravenstream 25 

The Patrol of the Mountain ...25 

Tho Scout of the Silver Pond 25 

Tho Matricide's Daughter . ..25 

The Victim's Revenge .^.25 

The Star of the Fallen 25 

The Hunted Chief 25 

The Prairie Guide 25 

The Maid of Saranac 25 

Novels by Alexander Dumas. 

The Royalist Daughters... 50 

The Castle of Souday 50 

Marguerite De Valois 50 

Diana De Poitiers, 2 vols 100 

RosaWoodville 50 

The Young Chevalier 50 

The Count of Morian 50 

Woman's Love ...25 

Paul Jones 25 

Miss EmeUe Carlen's Novels. 
John .... 25 

Marie Louise... ..............25 

Woman's Life..... 60 



Tales of New York Idfe. 
Caroline Tracy; or, the Milliner's 

Appientice 25 

The Midnight Queen 25 

The Belle of the Bowery 25 

Ellen Grant 25 

The .Adventures of Clarence Bolton25 

The Orphan Seamstress 25 

Eva May 25 

George Seton - 25 

New York in Slices 25 

The Gentleman's Daughter 25 

The Adventures of TomStapleton..25 

Tales of Romantic Adventures. 
The Mysteries and Miseries of San 

Francisco 50 

The White Wolf 25 

The Mountain Outlaw 25 

Ravensdale 25 

Edward Saville 25 

Julia Mansfield 25 

St. Flore ; or, the Fatal Promise.- -25 

Love, War, a <id Adventure 25 

The Pale Lily. An Indian Tale . .-25 

The Spendthrift -25 

Don Barnardo's Daughter 25 

The Orange Girl of Venice — .25 

Tales of Celebrated Hig-hway- 

men. 
Captain Heron ; or, the Highway- 

of Epping Forrest 25 

Jonathan Wild's Stratagem ; or, 

the Highwayman's Escape 25 

The Hangman of Newgate ; or, the 

Highwayman's Adventure 25 

Tom Ripon ; or. The Highwayman 

and Housebreaker 25 

Claude Duval and His Companions ; 

or, The Race on the Road 25 

The Highwavman's Ride to York; 

or, Tho Death of Black Bess 25 

Blueskin Baffled ; or, The Highway- 
man's Traps 25 

Claude Duval 25 

Life and Adventures of Dick Clinton25 

TheAdventures of TomKing -25 

Ned Scarlet 25 

Captain Hawkes 25 

Paul CUfford 25 

Fearless Fred 25 

Adventures of Margaret Catchpole, 

the Female Horse Thief 50 

Ned Buntline's Celebrated 
\ Novels. 

Tl i Mysteries and Miseries of New 

York, 2 vols. 1 00 

Three Years After 50 

TheB'hoysofNew York 50 

Ned Buntline's Life Yarn 50 

The Conspirators' Victim 75 

The White Cruiser 25 

The Jew's Daughter 25 

Norwood; or. Life on the Prairie,. 25 

The Red Right Hand , 25 

The Buccaneer's Daughter ...25 

Pirate Tales and Adventures. 

Gamelle; or, the Rover's Oath 25 

The Pirate Chief 25 

The Pirate Doctor 25 

David Watson -25 

Olph ; or, the Pirates of the Shoals25 

The Dancing Feather 25 

Josephine 25 

The Ocean Chief -25 

The Yankee Privateer -25 

History of the Pirates 25 

Cruise of the Midge 25 

The Three Cutters 25 



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